Educating economists the Teagle discussion on re-evaluating the undergraduate economics major
Teagle Foundation Repor: The Economics Major as Part of a Liberal Education / David Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick -- Teaching Students to "Think About the Economy" / Joseph Persky -- Economics Major as Illiberal Education / Stephen A. Marglin -- Moral Reasoning in Economics / Jonathan B...
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| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, Glos, U.K
Edward Elgar
2009
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| Summary: | Teagle Foundation Repor: The Economics Major as Part of a Liberal Education / David Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick -- Teaching Students to "Think About the Economy" / Joseph Persky -- Economics Major as Illiberal Education / Stephen A. Marglin -- Moral Reasoning in Economics / Jonathan B. Wight -- Thinking for Yourself, Like an Economist / Robert F. Garnett -- 6. Teaching Economics Students as if they are Geniuses / James Wible -- Need for Depth in the Economics Major / Benjamin M. Friedman -- Using Pedagogical Change to Improve Student Learning in the Economics Major / Scott Simkins and Mark Maier -- 9. Providing Incentives for Change: Evaluating Teaching / Ann L. Owen -- Reflections on Introductory Course Structures / Paul W. Grimes -- Economics and Liberal Education: Why, Where, and How / Michael K. Salemi -- Reinvigorating Liberal Education with an Expected Proficiencies Approach. to the Academic Major / W. Lee Hansen -- Integrative Nature of the Economics Major / Jessica Holmes -- Availability of Interdisciplinary Economics Educators and the Actions of Deans: Explaining the Small Contribution of Economics to a Liberal Education / Arthur H. Goldsmith -- Economics Major at a Crossroads / David Kennett -- Crafting the Economics Major as an Exercise in Property Rights / Neil Skaggs -- Preserving Liberal Arts Education: A Futile Endeavor / Brendan O'Flaherty -- Good Researchers Make Good Teachers / Catherine Hill -- Overstating the Challenges, Underestimating the Solutions / George Daly -- How the Shifting Landscape Affects our Students / David W. Breneman -- Role of Incentives (and Culture) in Rebalancing the Economics Major / Bradley W. Bateman -- What Do Economics Majors Think of the Economics Major? / Steve Jones, Eric Hoest, Richie Fuld, Mahesh Dahal and David Colander -- Wrapping Up the Discussion / John Siegfried The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is typically considered and provides a series of recommendations for change |
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| Physical Description: | xxix, 242 p ill |
| ISBN: | 1848445792 9781849801959 9781848445796 1848445806 9781848445802 |