A Constructivist Learning Approach to Unemployment

Edward J. Ford, Daniel C. Leclerc and E.J. Ford
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Edward J. Ford: Department of Economics, University of South Florida, eford@coba.usf.edu
Daniel C. Leclerc: Department of Education, Fitchburg State College, danleclerc@comcast.net
E.J. Ford: Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, edseljoe@earthlink.net

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2007, vol. 39, issue 3, 329-334

Abstract: This article reports on an experiment aimed at developing a constructivist learning module focused on unemployment. The pedagogical aims include helping the student to construct a realistic picture of unemployment and to combat “blame the victim†ideological explanations of the problem. Students are asked to develop stories about the unemployment experience of someone they knew. Their depictions of the reality of unemployment closely parallel the expectations of many progressive economists.

Keywords: pedagogy; teaching economics; constructivism; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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