Haiku, art and economics: a pedagogical exercise

Cecil Bohanon

International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2012, vol. 3, issue 4, 424-436

Abstract: McCloskey (1998) and Ziliak (2009) have argued for bridging the intellectual and pedagogical divide between 'poets and positivists'. And Ziliak (2002, 2009, 2011) introduced a new bridge, 'haiku economics'. An introductory economics class at a large US university required students to use a work of visual art from the university's art museum and write a haiku poem that illustrated the artwork and an economic concept. The format of the assignment, samples of the students' work as well as student feedback on the assignment are presented. The pedagogical goals and the evolving nature of the assignment are also discussed.

Keywords: curriculum integration; interdisciplinary studies; haiku economics; university art museums; economics education; education of reasoning; education of feeling; pedagogical divide; intellectual divide; visual art; USA; United States. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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