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Fall 2013

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 29, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2013 | Economic Education

Battling the Forces of Darkness: How Can Economic Freedom Be Effectively Taught in the Pre-College Curriculum?

Ashley S. Harrison, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

J. R. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise29(1),2013,87–100BattlingtheForcesofDarkness:HowCanEconomicFreedomBeEffectivelyTaughtinthePre-CollegeCurriculum?AshleyS.HarrisonUniversityofTennessee,ChattanoogaMarkC.SchugUniversityofWisconsin,MilwaukeeJ.R.ClarkUniversityofTennessee,ChattanoogaAbstractHowcantheinstitutionsofafree-marketeconomybesustainedifteachersandstudentsfailtograspabasiceconomicunderstanding?Thisarticledescribesthecurrentstatusofeconomiceducationatthepre-collegelevelsincludingteacherknowledge,studentknowledge,andthestatusofeconomicsintheschoolcurriculum.Concernisexpressedthattheweakstatusofeconomicsatthepre-collegelevelmayhavecontributedtotherecentdeclineofeconomicfreedomintheUnitedStates.Next,wewillexaminestepsthatcanbetakentostrengtheneconomicsatthekindergartentograde12level.Wesuggestthreeapproaches:changesinpedagogy,curriculum,andteachertraining.Webelievethattakingactionsalongtheselineswilldeepenyoungpeople’sunderstandingoffreemarketsandstrengthentheirsupportforeconomicfreedom.JELCodes:A21Keywords:Economicseducation;PedagogyI.IntroductionInmostAmericanelementaryandsecondaryschools,theteachingofeconomicsreceiveslittleseriousattention.Economicsisnearlyabsentfromelementaryschoolprograms—crowdedoutbyaheavyemphasisonteachingreadingandmathematics.Inhighschoolprogramseconomicsalsohasaweakpresence.Someprogramsofferastand-alone,one-semestercourseineconomics,usuallydesignatedforstudentsingrades11and12,whileothersclaimtointegrateeconomicscontentwithinarangeofhistoryandcivicscourses.By87

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Title	Battling the Forces of Darkness: How Can Economic Freedom Be Effectively Taught in the Pre-College Curriculum?
Authors/Creators:	Ashley S. Harrison, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee J. R. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University
Year:	2013
Volume:	29
Number:	1
Pages:	87 - 100
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Education

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Harrison, Ashley S.; Schug, Mark C.; Clark, J. R. / 2013. "Battling the Forces of Darkness: How Can Economic Freedom Be Effectively Taught in the Pre-College Curriculum?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 29(1): 87-100.