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Summer 2015

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 30, Number 2

Categories: Summer 2015 | Economic education

A Fun Method of Engaging Students in the "Capitalism vs. Socialism" Discussion

Robin S. McCutcheon, Marshall University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise30(2),2015,117–120AFunMethodofEngagingStudentsinthe“Capitalismvs.Socialism”DiscussionRobinS.McCutcheonMarshallUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractTeachinginvolvesvariousformsofstandinginfrontofaclasstalking:podiumorlecture,questionoranswer,groupworkanddiscussion.Anotherapproachformillennialstudentsisexperiential,engaged,orSocraticstylelearning.Thekeytothisformofteachingisusingthestudent’sownwordstodefineanddiscussconcepts,andusingthestudentsthemselvestoadvancethediscussionfundamentaltothelearningobjectives.Mymainobjectivewiththistypeofteachingistohelpstudentsengageinconversationswhileusingandrefiningtheircriticalthinkingskills.Studentswhoactivelyanalyzesocialismandcapitalismusingthistypeofselfeducationchoosecapitalism.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A23,B0,F01Keywords:capitalism,socialism,criticalthinking,economicsystemsI.WorkingwithMillennialStudentsIfyouhavebeenteachingformorethanadecade,youmayhavenoticedaseachangeinthetypeofstudentsarrivingoncampus.1Thesenewstudents,commonlyreferredtoasmillennials,aredifferent.2Theydon’tlikeold-fashionedteachingmethods.Sittingandlisteningtopodiumlecturesdrivesthemaway,andquestion-andanswerlecturesleavetheminattentive.Millennialstudentswanttobeactivelyinvolvedintheteachingprocessitself.Analternativewayofengagingstudentsistopresentdichotomouslyopposedeconomicconceptsandhavethestudentsanalyzethemfromafree-marketentrepreneurshipeconomy(capitalism)perspectiveversusacommand-and-controleconomy(socialism)perspective.3Forexample,MackeyandSisodia(2013),in1Themillennialgenerationincludesanyonebornduringthe1980sand1990s.2Levenson2010,p.1;Ng,Schweitzer,andLyons2010,p.1;HershatterandEpstein2010,p.1;Considine,Horton,andMoorman2009,p.473.3Ihesitatetousethewords“capitalism”or“socialism”becausetheirdefinitionshavebeensomalignedthatmoststudentseasilyconfusethem.So,step1ofthe117

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Title	A Fun Method of Engaging Students in the "Capitalism vs. Socialism" Discussion
Authors/Creators:	Robin S. McCutcheon, Marshall University
Year:	2015
Volume:	30
Number:	2
Pages:	117 - 120
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	capitalis, socialism, critical thinking, economic systems

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McCutcheon, Robin S. / 2015. "A Fun Method of Engaging Students in the "Capitalism vs. Socialism" Discussion." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 30(2): 117-120.