Economy Studies

A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6372-604-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 898 g

The Economy Studies project emerged from the worldwide movement to modernise economics education, spurred on by the global financial crisis of 2008, the climate crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It envisions a wide variety of economics graduates and specialists, equipped with a broad toolkit, enabling them to collectively understand and help tackle the issues the world faces today. This is a practical guide for (re-)designing economics courses and programs. Based on a clear conceptual framework and ten flexible building blocks, this handbook offers refreshing ideas and practical suggestions to stimulate student engagement and critical thinking across a wide range of courses. Key features are:

- Adapting Existing Courses: Plug-and-play suggestions to improve existing economics courses with attention to institutions, history, values and practical skills.
- Teaching materials: A guide through the rapidly growing range of innovative textbooks and other teaching materials.
- Example Courses and Curricula: How to design pluralist, real-world economics education within the practical limits of time and resources. The companion website, www.economystudies.com, contains a wealth of additional resources, such as tailor-made booklets for more specific audiences, additional teaching materials and links to plug-and-play syllabi and courses, and opportunities for workshops and exchange with other economics educators.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muijnck, Sam de

Tieleman, Joris

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Summary, Foreword by Martin Wolf, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I: Foundations, Introduction to the Foundations, Foundation 1: The Philosophy of Economy Studies, Foundation 2: Pluralism, Foundation 3: Real-World, Foundation 4: Values, Foundation 5: Diversifying and Decolonising Economics, Foundation 6: The Didactics of Economics Education, Part II: Building Blocks, Introduction to the Building Blocks, Building Block 1: Introducing the Economy, Building Block 2: Know Your Own Economy, Building Block 3: Economic History, Building Block 4: History of Economic Thought & Methods, Building Block 5: Economic Organisations & Mechanisms, Building Block 6: Political-Economic Systems, Building Block 7: Research Methods & Philosophy of Science, Building Block 8: Economic Theories, Building Block 9: Problems & Proposals, Building Block 10: Economics for a Better World, Part III: Tools, Introduction to Tools, Tool 1: Pragmatic Pluralism, Tool 2: Adapting Existing Courses, Tool 3: Curriculum Review, Tool 4: Example Courses, Tool 5: Example Curricula, Tool 6: Courses for Non-Economists, Tool 7: Learning Objectives, Conclusion, References

Über Autor(innen)

Sam de Muijnck (MSc) works at the independent think tank Our New Economy. Previously, he co-founded the Dutch branch of Rethinking Economics, where he worked on 'Thinking like an Economist?', a quantitative analysis of all the economics bachelor programmes in the Netherlands. Joris Tieleman (PhD) works at the independent think tank Our New Economy. Previously, he co-founded the Dutch branch of Rethinking Economics, where he worked on 'Thinking like an Economist?', a quantitative analysis of all the economics bachelor programmes in the Netherlands.