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
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.
- Summary
- Foreword by Martin Wolf
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: Foundations
- Introduction to the Foundations
- Foundation 1: The Philosophy of Economy Studies
- Foundation 2: Pluralism
- Foundation 3: Real-World
- Foundation 4: Values
- Foundation 5: Diversifying and Decolonising Economics
- Foundation 6: The Didactics of Economics Education
- Part II: Building Blocks
- Introduction to the Building Blocks
- Building Block 1: Introducing the Economy
- Building Block 2: Know Your Own Economy
- Building Block 3: Economic History
- Building Block 4: History of Economic Thought & Methods
- Building Block 5: Economic Organisations & Mechanisms
- Building Block 6: Political-Economic Systems
- Building Block 7: Research Methods & Philosophy of Science
- Building Block 8: Economic Theories
- Building Block 9: Problems & Proposals
- Building Block 10: Economics for a Better World
- Part III: Tools
- Introduction to Tools
- Tool 1: Pragmatic Pluralism
- Tool 2: Adapting Existing Courses
- Tool 3: Curriculum Review
- Tool 4: Example Courses
- Tool 5: Example Curricula
- Tool 6: Courses for Non-Economists
- Tool 7: Learning Objectives
- Conclusion
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