A course on clothing design which is taught using videotape has successfully evolved in response to student feedback since its start in 1962. (BD)

Although the home economics phase of the Model Cities program is still quite young, many changes and improvements have come to many Eagle pass homemakers as a result of extension training. (Author/AN)

Business education should prepare students to work in business and teach them about business. Economics education is intended to help high school graduates make reasoned judgments about major economic issues facing them and society. The Joint Council on Economic Education has been the principal catalyst in bridging business education and economic…

Contains an annotated list of states which are required to teach economics education. The title, length, grade levels, and very brief descriptions of or remarks about the courses mandated for each state are included. (AM)

Presents a case study dealing with open versus closed markets for use in college economics classes. Using the example of the taxi license monopoly in Dublin, Ireland, students examine how theories of supply and demand explain the characteristics of open and closed markets. (AM)

Discusses ways that economically oriented magazine and newspaper articles can be used across grade levels and instructional disciplines to enrich students' education. Offers a bibliography listing 217 articles on current economic topics. (SR)

Evidence indicates that economics education is inadequate and business education professionals are in a position to address the problem. Infusion of economic education into the business education curriculum is a realistic possibility. Many business educators already incorporate economics into their curriculum. (JOW)

Explores consensus among economists on specific propositions on the basis of a fall 2000 survey of American Economic Association members. Finds consensus generally within the profession, although the degree of consensus varies among propositions that are international, macroeconomic, and microeconomic in nature. States the profession displays…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible implications for graduate employability of the economic changes which are affecting the UK in the wake of the "credit crunch". It explores the changing economic context and its implications both for HEIs and for graduates starting their careers. Design/methodology/approach:…

Economics is a building block for additional business knowledge. In most business curricula, the principles of economics sequence is a prerequisite for further business study. Economists have their own ideas of which economic concepts are most valued by business peers, but the authors are unaware of any published study which specifically asks…

Service-learning pedagogy that supports community involvement values and promotes leadership development offers more effectiveness and efficiency for management educators interested in incorporating real-world learning into their courses than traditional internships and cooperative education (P. C. Godfrey & E. T. Grasso, 2000). In this article,…

Factors affecting students' grades in principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics students are analyzed from the data collected in two public universities. Results indicate that gender, number of hours worked, SAT scores, number of missed classes, recommending the course to a friend, instructors, being a junior, number of economics courses…

The author describes a classroom exercise that introduces the Socialist Calculation Debate (SCD) to undergraduate economics students. The SCD concerns an issue that remains one of the most consequential of the 20th century--the belief in the superiority of socialism and central planning over capitalism and the free market. The exercise presents…

A collection of games and word-search puzzles to be used by the Home Economics teacher are presented. (BP)