Judging from the market for texts, I am probably alone in believing that
most micro texts have it wrong. At the principles level we do not need to
be producing students who have a tenuous understanding of what Ph.D.
economics students learn. Instead, we should be teaching students how to
markjohn wrote:
. . . A year's course in economics can give you
the basics but it not transform them to homo economicus-es.
Homines economici, in case anyone wanted to know.
--
Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
I think most of us would agree that any high school economics class should focus on
the basics and be as intuitive as possible. However, two things stand in the way. Few
high school teachers understand economics well enough to to know what the basics are,
let alone have the understanding
What would you recommend, a course that shows economics
concisely (and thus covering more topic) or showing it light (with just the
core economic concepts like supply, demand, cost, utility... etc; less
topic but more fun into it)? Similarly, what could be the topics that would
be taught
Howdy,
Let me apologize in advance for this letter being too
long.
With all due respect, I think I may be disagreeing
with Mr. Foldarvy. First, I think his list may be too
ambitious for a high school class. Second, I really
think that your efforts should be toward making
economics
Hey Peeps.
Got a question to the teachers in this group.
High school economics is the first foray in to the field of economics for
almost all students in the Philippines (and some other countries) and the
last for some. What would you recommend, a course that shows economics
concisely
