Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching

Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching
Author: Mark H. Maier
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317467329

Make economics resonate to high school students. This practical handbook will help economics and social studies teachers foster critical thinking by introducing students to the real-life dimensions of the major controversies in contemporary economics. Filled with useful teaching tips and user-friendly information on finding engaging materials and activities for the classroom, the book also includes detailed coverage of the Voluntary National Content Standards for economics. "Introducing Economics" is a one-stop resource for high school teachers who want to make economics relevant to their students' lives. It includes more than 50 sections with lists of suggested "Activities and Resources," many with Internet links. It features boxed "Hints for Clear Teaching" tips for presenting particularly difficult topics. It provides an annotated resource guide to more than 30 organizations involved in economics education, with associated Internet links. It follows the flow of topics in a typical economics course. It addresses real-life topics that are ignored or glossed-over in traditional textbooks - economics and the environment, the distribution of income and wealth, discrimination, labor unions, globalization, the power of corporations, and more. It offers critical guidance for meeting all 20 Voluntary National Content Standards in economics, and also provides an overview of the political and intellectual history and contemporary state of economics education.

Introducing Economics

Introducing Economics
Author: Mark H. Maier
Publisher: M E Sharpe Incorporated
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780765616760

This practical handbook will help economics and social studies teachers foster critical thinking by introducing students to the real-life dimensions of the major controversies in contemporary economics. Filled with useful teaching tips and user-friendly information on finding engaging materials and activities for the classroom, the book also includes detailed coverage of the Voluntary National Content Standards for economics.

Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching

Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching
Author: Mark H. Maier
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317467337

Make economics resonate to high school students. This practical handbook will help economics and social studies teachers foster critical thinking by introducing students to the real-life dimensions of the major controversies in contemporary economics. Filled with useful teaching tips and user-friendly information on finding engaging materials and activities for the classroom, the book also includes detailed coverage of the Voluntary National Content Standards for economics. "Introducing Economics" is a one-stop resource for high school teachers who want to make economics relevant to their students' lives. It includes more than 50 sections with lists of suggested "Activities and Resources," many with Internet links. It features boxed "Hints for Clear Teaching" tips for presenting particularly difficult topics. It provides an annotated resource guide to more than 30 organizations involved in economics education, with associated Internet links. It follows the flow of topics in a typical economics course. It addresses real-life topics that are ignored or glossed-over in traditional textbooks - economics and the environment, the distribution of income and wealth, discrimination, labor unions, globalization, the power of corporations, and more. It offers critical guidance for meeting all 20 Voluntary National Content Standards in economics, and also provides an overview of the political and intellectual history and contemporary state of economics education.

The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics

The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics
Author: Richard L. Epstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2014-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781938421198

Clear. Concise. The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics is a summary and guide to the art of reasoning well in economics and in everyday life. Basic Skills of Critical Thinking The text provides a clear-introduction to claims, arguments, analogies, models, experiments, generalizing, and cause and effect reasoning using examples geared to economics students. Mastering Basic Skills Hundreds of examples are included, three-fourths of which are derived from real-life economics applications or are adapted from economics textbooks and journals. Economic Modeling This unique section explores the way models are created in economics. By looking at the process of creating models, students learn how abstraction from data benefits economic analysis. Self-Paced Presentation The text is designed to be used by students without taking class time away from economics studies. Richard L. Epstein received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and has written numerous books on logic, critical thinking, and mathematics. He has been a National Academy of Sciences Scholar and a Fulbright Fellow and is currently head of the Advanced Reasoning Forum. Carolyn Kernberger received her B.G.S. cum laude from New Mexico Tech and her M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of New Mexico. She has taught in the United States, Japan, and at the College of Micronesia FSM, where she was also the Accreditation Officer.

Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature

Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature
Author: Harlan R. Day
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781561836307

This interdisciplinary curriculum guide helps teachers introduce their students to economics using popular children's stories.

Development Economics

Development Economics
Author: Shahrukh Rafi Khan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2019-10-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351848917

Following the 2007–2009 financial and economic crises, there has been an unprecedented demand among economics students for an alternative approach, which offers a historical, institutional and multidisciplinary treatment of the discipline. Economic development lends itself ideally to meet this demand, yet most undergraduate textbooks do not reflect this. This book will fill this gap, presenting all the core material needed to teach development economics in a one semester course, while also addressing the need for a new economics and offering flexibility to instructors. Rather than taking the typical approach of organizing by topic, the book uses theories and debates to guide its structure. This will allow students to see different perspectives on key development questions, and therefore to understand more fully the contested nature of many key areas of development economics. The book can be used as a standalone textbook on development economics, or to accompany a more traditional text.

Teaching for Democracy in an Age of Economic Disparity

Teaching for Democracy in an Age of Economic Disparity
Author: Cory Wright-Maley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317391675

Teaching for Democracy in an Age of Economic Disparity addresses the intersections between democratic education and economic inequality in American society. Drawing upon well-established theoretical constructs in the literature on democratic citizenship as well as recent events, this volume outlines the ways in which students can not only be educated about democracy, but become actively engaged in the social issues of their time. The collection begins with an examination of how the confluence of capitalism and education have problematized the current model of democratic education, before transitioning into discussions of how teachers can confront economic disparity both economically and civically in the classroom. The authors then introduce a variety of ways in which teachers can engage and empower students’ civic action at all grade levels. As a final component, the volume explores new avenues for civic action, including the use of social media for democratic engagement in schools and opportunities for critical reflection and cross-cultural dialogue. This book is a valuable resource for both scholars interested in the research on democratic education and practicing teachers wishing to turn their students into critical, active citizens.

The Handbook of Pluralist Economics Education

The Handbook of Pluralist Economics Education
Author: Jack Reardon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113527603X

With contributions from a wide array of economists from Julie Nelson to Phil O'Hara, the book presents the pluralist economics state of play and is an essential reference tool for those charged with bringing the next generations of economists to the forefront.

Introducing Economics

Introducing Economics
Author: National Schools Committee for Economic Education
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1984
Genre: Economics
ISBN:

Marking the "Invisible"

Marking the
Author: Andrea M. Hawkman
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 794
Release: 2020-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1641139951

Substantial research has been put forth calling for the field of social studies education to engage in work dealing with the influence of race and racism within education and society (Branch, 2003; Chandler, 2015; Chandler & Hawley, 2017; Husband, 2010; King & Chandler, 2016; Ladson-Billings, 2003; Ooka Pang, Rivera & Gillette, 1998). Previous contributions have examined the presence and influence of race/ism within the field of social studies teaching and research (e.g. Chandler, 2015, Chandler & Hawley, 2017; Ladson-Billings, 2003; Woyshner & Bohan, 2012). In order to challenge the presence of racism within social studies, research must attend to the control that whiteness and white supremacy maintain within the field. This edited volume builds from these previous works to take on whiteness and white supremacy directly in social studies education. In Marking the “Invisible”, editors assemble original contributions from scholars working to expose whiteness and disrupt white supremacy in the field of social studies education. We argue for an articulation of whiteness within the field of social studies education in pursuit of directly challenging its influences on teaching, learning, and research. Across 27 chapters, authors call out the strategies deployed by white supremacy and acknowledge the depths by which it is used to control, manipulate, confine, and define identities, communities, citizenships, and historical narratives. This edited volume promotes the reshaping of social studies education to: support the histories, experiences, and lives of Students and Teachers of Color, challenge settler colonialism and color-evasiveness, develop racial literacy, and promote justice-oriented teaching and learning. Praise for Marking the “Invisible” "As the theorization of race and racism continues to gain traction in social studies education, this volume offers a much-needed foundational grounding for the field. From the foreword to the epilogue, Marking the “Invisible” foregrounds conversations of whiteness in notions of supremacy, dominance, and rage. The chapters offer an opportunity for social studies educators to position critical theories of race such as critical race theory, intersectionality, and settler colonialism at the forefront of critical examinations of whiteness. Any social studies educator -researcher concerned with the theorization or teaching of race should engage with this text in their work." Christopher L. Busey, University of Florida