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Fall 2008

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 24, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2008

The Treatment of the Role of Government in High School Economics Textbooks

Jane S. Lopus, California State University, Hayward

Lynn Paringer, California State University, East Bay

Don R. Leet, California State University, East Bay

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise24(1),2008,155-163TheTreatmentoftheRoleofGovernmentinHighSchoolEconomicsTextbooksJaneS.LopusCaliforniaStateUniversity,EastBayLynnParingerCaliforniaStateUniversity,EastBayDonR.LeetCaliforniaStateUniversity,FresnoAbstractThecontentandpointofviewofhighschooleconomicstextbookslikelyinfluenceswhatistaughtinhighschooleconomicsclasses.Usingasetofrecentlypublishedhighschooleconomicstextbooks,weexaminethemannerinwhicheachtexttreatstheroleofgovernment.WedeveloparubricofeightcriteriafromMiltonFriedman'sCapitalismandFreedom(1962).Usingthesecriteria,weevaluateeachtextonthebasisofcontentcoverageandwhetherafree-enterprisediscussionofthetopicsisincluded.Wefindaconsiderabledegreeofvariabilityinthetexts'discussionsofpropertyrightsandintheirpointofviewabouttheroleofgovernment.JELCodes:A21,H10Keywords:Economiceducation,Highschooleconomics,Textbooks,Roleofgovernment,PropertyrightsI.IntroductionHighschooleconomicstextbookshavethepotentialtoexertagreatdealofinfluenceonwhatiscoveredinhighschooleconomicsclasses.Althougheconomicsisahighschoolgraduationrequirementin15states,and49statesincludeeconomicsintheirhighschoolcontentstandards(NCEE,2005),manyteachersdonothaveastrongbackgroundinthesubjectarea.Therefore,teachersmayrelyheavilyonthetextbooktodeterminethecontentthattheywillcoverinthecourse.Further,becauseeconomicsencompassesmanyvastlydifferentschoolsofthought,thetextbookauthor'sapproachtothecontenthasthepotentialtoexertastronginfluenceonbothteacher155

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Title	The Treatment of the Role of Government in High School Economics Textbooks
Authors/Creators:	Jane S. Lopus, California State University, Hayward Lynn Paringer, California State University, East Bay Don R. Leet, California State University, East Bay
Year:	2008
Volume:	24
Number:	1
Pages:	155 - 163
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Economic Education, High school economics, Textbooks, Property Rights, Role of Government

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Lopus, Jane S.; Paringer, Lynn; Leet, Don R. / 2008. "The Treatment of the Role of Government in High School Economics Textbooks." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(1): 155-163.