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Fall 2005

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 21, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2005

Changes in Student Attitudes toward the Market System and the Introductory Microeconomics Course

Charles H. Breeden, Marquette University

Noreen Lephardt, Marquette University

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JournalofPrthateEnterprise,VolumeXXI,Fall2005ChangesinStudentAttitudestowardtheMarketSystemandtheIntroductoryMicroeconomicsCourseCharlesH.BreedenandNoreenLephardtMarquetteUniversityTherearenumerousresearchfindingssupportingthepropositionthatculturalvaluesandattitudesareassociatedwiththeeconomicprosperityofacountry(Harrison,1992;Sowell,1994;Lal,1998).Thesefindingssuggestapossibleimportantroleforvaluesandattitudesintheteachingandlearningofeconomics.Traditionally,however,valuesandattitudesarescarcelyacknowledgedineconomicsinstructionattheintroductoryorintermediatelevel.Theeconomicparadigmpresentedinclassisbasedon"positiveeconomics"andweseeourrolesaseducatorsaspromotingdevelopmentofcognitiveandobjectiveunderstandingoftheworkingsofthemarketprimarilybasedonneo-classicalassumptions,tenetsandmodels.Theinfluenceofvalues,attitudesandbeliefsisoftenrelegatedtoothersocialsciences.Becker(1983)wasoneofthefirstresearchersineconomiceducationtopointoutthattherewasaneedtoexplorethe"affectivedomain"ofeconomics.Subsequentresearchreporteddevelopmentofseveralinstrumentstoassesstheimpactofattitudes(SoperandWalstad,1983;O'BrienandIngles,1987;BreedenandLephardt,1993,2005).Otherresearchfocusedontheassessmentofattitudesbasedoncontentspecificcasesofeconomicbehaviorsuchaspricing(SeligmanandSchwartz,1997),changeofattitudesastheresultoftakinganeconomicscourse(Whaples,1995),andthedifferencesinattitudesbetweendemographicsubgroups,changesinattitudesofprinciplesclassesovertimeandtheimpactofpro-marketattitudesongradesinprinciplesofeconomics(BreedenandLephardt,2002).AlthoughtheprincipalgoaloftheIntroductoryCharlesH.BreedenandNoreenLephardt164

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Title	Changes in Student Attitudes toward the Market System and the Introductory Microeconomics Course
Authors/Creators:	Charles H. Breeden, Marquette University Noreen Lephardt, Marquette University
Year:	2005
Volume:	21
Number:	1
Pages:	164 - 179
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Economic education, Market economy, Microeconomics

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Breeden, Charles H.; Lephardt, Noreen / 2005. "Changes in Student Attitudes toward the Market System and the Introductory Microeconomics Course." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 21(1): 164-179.