Educating Economists

Edited by David Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is typically considered and provides a series of recommendations for change.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781848445796
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Teagle Foundation Report: The Economics Major as Part of a Liberal Education

David Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick

Ch 2 Teaching Students to ‘Think About the Economy’

Joseph Persky

Ch 3 The Economics Major as Illiberal Education

Stephen A. Marglin

Ch 4 Moral Reasoning in Economics

Jonathan Wight

Ch 5 Thinking for Yourself, Like an Economist

Robert F. Garnett

Ch 6 Teaching Economics Students as if they are Geniuses

James Wible

Ch 7 The Role for Depth in a Liberal Education

Benjamin M. Friedman

Ch 8 Using Pedagogical Change to Improve Student Learning in the Economics Major

Scott Simkins and Mark Maier

Ch 9 Providing Incentives for Change: Evaluating Teaching

Ann Owen

Ch 10 Reflections on Introductory Course Structures

Paul Grimes

Ch 11 Economics and Liberal Education: Why, Where, and How

Michael K. Salemi

Ch 12 Reinvigorating Liberal Education with an Expected Proficiencies Approach to the Academic Major

W. Lee Hansen

Ch 13 The Integrative Nature of the Economics Major

Jessica Holmes

Ch 14 The Availability of Interdisciplinary Economics Educators and the Actions of Deans: Explaining the Small Contribution of Economics to a Liberal Education

Arthur H. Goldsmith

Ch 15 The Economics Major at a Crossroads

David Kennett

Ch 16 Crafting the Economics Major as an Exercise in Property Rights

Neil T. Skaggs

Ch 17 Preserving Liberal Arts Education: A Futile Endeavor

Brendan O’Flaherty

Ch 18 Good Researchers Make Good Teachers

Catharine Hill

Ch 19 Overstating the Challenges, Underestimating the Solutions

George Daly

Ch 20 How the Shifting Landscape Affects our Students

David Breneman

Ch 21 The Role of Incentives (and Culture) in Rebalancing the Economics Major

Bradley W. Bateman

Ch 22 What Economics Majors Think of the Economics Major

Steven Jones, Eric Hoest, Richie Fuld, David Colander and Mahesh Dahal

Ch 23 Really Thinking Like an Economist

John Siegfried

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