Mark Schug and William C. Wood’s new book is Teaching Economics in Troubled Times. This site supports the book. Schug and Wood edited a special issue of Social Education in 2009 on new developments in economics teaching that came to the attention of editors at the British publisher Routledge. Routledge suggested a book-length treatment edited by Schug and Wood, with contributors chosen from the ranks of up-and-coming and distinguished economic educators. The result is Teaching Economics in Troubled Times: Theory and Practice for Secondary Social Studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction, by Mark C. Schug and
William C. WoodPart I: The Changing Economic Scene
1. What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know about Economics, by James Gwartney and Mark C. Schug
2. Maynard Keynes: Dead But Not Forgotten, by Scott Niederjohn
3. Free Trade: Helping Ourselves While Helping Others, by
Dwight R. Lee4. Public Choice and Behavioral Economics: Implications for Instructors, by Angela M. Smith and William C. Wood
5. Morality of Markets: Classroom and Conscience, by J.R. Clark and Mark Schug
Part II: Making Economics Cool in School
6. A Challenging Assignment in Troubled Times: What Every First Year High School Economics Teacher Needs to Know, by Jane S. Lopus
7. A Jewel for Your School’s Curriculum in Uncertain Economic Times: The Advanced Placement Economics Course, by John Morton
8. Vital Knowledge in Troubled Times: The Role of Personal Finance in Economic Education, by Michael S. Gutter and Selena Garrison
9. Entrepreneurship Education, When and Where it Counts: The American Dream Youthpreneurship Program, by Barbara Flowers
10. Economics in History: What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know, by Lucien Ellington
Part III: Research Finding in Economic Education
11. Best Economic Education Practices for Children, by Philip VanFossen
12. What Research Tells Us about Teaching High School Economics, by Michael Watts and William B. Walstad
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