Economy Studies

A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6372-604-7
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 468 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 902 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Muijnck, Sam

Tieleman, Joris

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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)

de Muijnck, Sam
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.

Tieleman, Joris
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.