Post-conventional economic theories are assembled to inquire into the contingent, mimetic, symbolic, and material spirals unfolding the dot-com bubble, 1992-2002. The new technologies bubble is reconstructed as a rhetorical movement across the practices of the hybrid market-industry risk culture of communications. The legacies of the bubble task…

When highly visible lapses in ethics occur, education gets some of the blame. Principals in the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and the Enron scandal had been educated at Harvard and other elite business schools, where professional and moral ideals had arguably been replaced by a focus on profits at the expense of ethics. A long-standing tradition…

This report is one of a series presenting the results of studies of NDEA Title XI and Arts and Humanities Foundation Institute programs and selected institute-associated activities conducted in 1966. During that year, five economics institutes were held. The 175 participants in these institutes were involved in a variety of programs, including one…

Reports the conclusions of a study which tested student understanding of economics taught by teachers involved in in-service education programs. Results showed that a program in which the teachers discussed curricular materials was more effective than conventional instruction. (Author/JR)

In this study the simulation/game Marketplace is shown to have little comparative advantage over common instructional techniques in student learning and attitudes toward economic concepts. (Author/DE)

A secondary course uses an integrated approach to teach economic analysis through sports. The course takes a microeconomic look at one segment of the national economy, providing an in-depth analysis of the American sport scene through the eyes of an economist. Evaluation techniques are discussed and a reprint of the course outline is provided.…

Critiques Thurow's paper on the evaluation of economic performance (see SO516719). Concludes that the Joint Council's "Framework" offers a solid foundation for teaching about economic performance if the Joint Council can persuade high school economics teachers to use it. (JDH)

Compared the "hybrid" Test of Understanding in College Economics (TUCE) with the four original TUCE versions and found that the hybrid version is 1) "broader,""thinner," and less technical in terms of content coverage; 2) more reliable with a generally superior item analysis structure; and 3) slightly "easier" for students who have taken economics…

Argues that a social welfare approach to evaluating economic performance is inappropriate at the high school level. Provides several historical case studies which could be used to augment instruction aimed at the evaluation of economic performance and policies. (JDH)

Offers a critique of Thurow's paper on the evaluation of economic performance (see SO516719). Concludes that the alternative offered by Thurow is inadequate, and states that the standards developed by the "Framework" are adequate for evaluating economic performance and policies. (JDH)

Forty-seven elementary school teachers, librarians, curriculum specialists, and administrators participated in a research oriented education course that consisted of 15 television programs designed to help elementary school teachers and students analyze and understand economic concepts. Teachers also: (1) viewed programs with students; (2) used a…

Explains two factors that influence economic education: state mandates and teacher background. Gives an overview of a typical one-semester economics course and teacher ranking of course goals. Cites research showing that students' average economic understanding increases six percent after economics instruction. Concludes that although states are…

Designed as an accompaniment to college level microeconomics lectures, (see SO 011 936), the package contains materials for four approaches to the microeconomics course. The course covers topics of economic concepts, issues, and tools; demand; supply; price and output determination in markets; marginal equivalency conditions and economic…

To focus classroom learning experiences on the freedoms and privileges enjoyed by consumers in the U.S. free market economy is the goal of these guidelines. Students learn how the U.S. Constitution relates to the free market system through a variety of teaching strategies. The guidelines can easily be adapted for use in a variety of classroom…

This report investigated the effect of Kazanjian Foundation Award Programs for Teaching Economics (KFAP) on elementary school children, grades four through six. The research was designed around three groups -- users of Kazanjian materials with teacher training, without teacher training, and users of normal curriculum materials. Teacher training…