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Oberrauch, Luis; Seeber, Günther – Education Economics, 2022
Various studies have examined how the study of economics affects students' views on economic phenomena, yet there is little evidence regarding its impact on teenagers. We study the effect of a recent curriculum reform introducing mandatory economic education on teenagers' attitudes towards economics in Southwest Germany. Our findings reveal that…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Adolescent Attitudes, Required Courses, Foreign Countries
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Kaiser, Tim; Oberrauch, Luis; Seeber, Günther – Journal of Economic Education, 2020
The authors introduce a test of economic competence for German-speaking secondary school students and provide evidence from a large-scale assessment with 6,230 students from grades 7 to 10. They present the development and psychometric properties of the scale, along with an investigation of predictors of economic competence. They find evidence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Economics, Competence
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Chorna, Iryna – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2017
The content of professional mobility of future economists in the writings of foreign scientists have been presented. The components of future economists' professional mobility formation have been considered. It has been established that the possession of a combination of these components enables future specialists to achieve a high level of…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, Economics, Professional Personnel, Research
Seeber, Gunther; Remmele, Bernd – Online Submission, 2009
A series of studies in several countries tested the economic understanding of people, particularly students. The performance of the subjects is typically conceived as showing "deficits". These alleged deficits seem to correspond with scepticism towards market economy. Better test scores in general correlate with higher appraisal of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Knowledge Level, Attitudes
Banaszak, Ronald A. – 1987
Educators should assess the economics curricula in order to determine whether the latest and most accurate views of economic life in the United States and the world are taught to high school students. Economic literacy involves knowing and applying fundamental economic theories in order to make rational decisions about the use of limited…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation
Loock, Joan W.; Schmitt, Bette – 2000
This document, which is intended for teachers of high school-level business education courses, contains both the academic standards for business education in Wisconsin secondary schools that were disseminated in 1998 and learning activities to enable students to meet the standards. The activities were developed for students completing grade 12 and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration