Issues in Economics Education
A dialogue of the current issues in delivering economic education, with proposed solutions.
- Administrative issues- controversial subjects, sources of textbooks and other resources
- Getting students to participate
- Showing economics relevance
- Tutoring and mentoring methods
- Motivating top students
- Demotivating bottom students
- How little homework to assign
- Deciding on the scope of the class
- Tests, quizzes, and class topics for discussion.
- Open economics textbooks – solving the resource issues.
