Educating Economists: The Teagle Discussion on Re-evaluating the Undergraduate Economics Major - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848445792 ISBN 13: 9781848445796

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

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.

Responding to a Teagle Foundation initiative on the role of majors in higher education, the contributors - eminent economists and administrators - consider the relationship between the goals and objectives of the economics major and those of a liberal education. They address questions such as: What is the appropriate training for a person who will be teaching in a liberal arts school? What incentives would motivate the creation of institutional value through teaching and not simply research? They also explore whether the disciplinary nature of undergraduate education is squeezing out the 'big-think' questions, and replacing them with 'little-think' questions, and whether we should change graduate training of economists to better prepare them to be teachers, rather than researchers.

Providing a stimulating discussion of the economics major by many of the leaders in US economic education, this book will prove a thought provoking read for those with a special interest in economics and economics education, particularly academics, lecturers, course administrators, students and researchers.

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About the Author

Edited by David Colander, Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics, Middlebury College, and KimMarie McGoldrick, Professor of Economics, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Business, Department of Economics, University of Richmond, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848445792
• ISBN 13: 9781848445796
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Colander David, McGoldrick KimMarie