The Economy Studies project emerged from the worldwide movement to modernise economics education spurred on by the global financial crisis of 2008 the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. It envisions a wide variety of economics graduates and specialists equipped with a broad toolkit enabling them to collectively understand and help tackle the issues the world faces today. This is a practical guide for (re-)designing economics courses and programs. Based on a clear conceptual framework and ten flexible building blocks this handbook offers refreshing ideas and practical suggestions to stimulate student engagement and critical thinking across a wide range of courses. Key features are: - Adapting Existing Courses: Plug-and-play suggestions to improve existing economics courses with attention to institutions history values and practical skills. - Teaching materials: A guide through the rapidly growing range of innovative textbooks and other teaching materials. - Example Courses and Curricula: How to design pluralist real-world economics education within the practical limits of time and resources. The companion website www.economystudies.com contains a wealth of additional resources such as tailor-made booklets for more specific audiences additional teaching materials and links to plug-and-play syllabi and courses and opportunities for workshops and exchange with other economics educators. |Economy Studies A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education
