Economy Studies
A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education
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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.
"To tackle the systemic challenges that the world faces today, we need economists with an open-mindset and a diverse toolkit to help guide us. This book provides the building blocks for educating these crucial experts." - Jan Peter Balkenende, former prime minister of the Netherlands
"This book is a tour de force. The mastery of the subject that the authors and their team display is astonishing. It was a source of inspiration for the development of the new program at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam." - Prof. Arjo Klamer (EUR & VU)
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword by Martin Wolf 17
Acknowledgements 21
Introduction 27
Part I: Foundations 39
Introduction to the Foundations 40
Foundation 1: The Philosophy of Economy Studies 45
Foundation 2: Pluralism 57
Foundation 3: Real-World 75
Foundation 4: Values 89
Foundation 5: Diversifying and Decolonising Economics 105
Foundation 6: The Didactics of Economics Education 125
Part II: Building Blocks 141
Introduction to the Building Blocks 142
Building Block 1: Introducing the Economy 147
Building Block 2: Know Your Own Economy 161
Building Block 3: Economic History 177
Building Block 4: History of Economic Thought & Methods 187
Building Block 5: Economic Organisations & Mechanisms 201
Building Block 6: Political-Economic Systems 217
Building Block 7: Research Methods & Philosophy of Science 235
Building Block 8: Economic Theories 251
Building Block 9: Problems & Proposals 273
Building Block 10: Economics for a Better World 285
Part III: Tools 297
Introduction to Tools 298
Tool 1: Pragmatic Pluralism 301
Tool 2: Adapting Existing Courses 329
Tool 3: Curriculum Review 363
Tool 4: Example Courses 373
Tool 5: Example Curricula 387
Tool 6: Courses for Non-Economists 405
Tool 7: Learning Objectives 429
Conclusion 441
References 448
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- advisering
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- economie
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- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan