Teaching Economics in Troubled Times : Theory and Practice for Secondary Social Studies (Paperback)

Introduction

Mark C. Schug

William C. Wood

Part I: The Changing Economic Scene

1. What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know about Economics

James Gwartney

Mark C. Schug

2. Maynard Keynes: Dead But Not Forgotten

Scott Niederjohn

3. Free Trade: Helping Ourselves While Helping Others

Dwight R. Lee

4. Public Choice and Behavioral Economics: Implications for Instructors

Angela M. Smith

William C. Wood

5. Morality of Markets: Classroom and Conscience

J.R. Clark

Mark Schug

Part II Making Economics Cool in School

6. A Challenging Assignment in Troubled Times: What Every First Year High School Economics Teacher Needs to Know

Jane S. Lopus

7. A Jewel for Your School’s Curriculum in Uncertain Economic Times: The Advanced Placement Economics Course

John Morton

8. Vital Knowledge in Troubled Times: The Role of Personal Finance in Economic Education

Michael S. Gutter

Selena Garrison

9. Entrepreneurship Education, When and Where it Counts: The American Dream Youthpreneurship Program

Barbara Flowers

10. Economics in History: What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know

Lucien Ellington

Part III Research Finding in Economic Education

11. Best Economic Education Practices for Children

Philip VanFossen

12. What Research Tells Us about Teaching High School Economics

Michael Watts

William B. Walstad