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Spring 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 25, Number 2

Categories: Education | Spring 2010

Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: Assessing a Curriculum for Middle and High School Students

Scott Niederjohn, Lakeland College

William Wood, James Madison University

Kimberly Nygard, Lakeland College

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise25(2),2010,187-197TeachingtheEthicalFoundationsofEconomics:AssessingaCurriculumforMiddleandHighSchoolStudentsScottNiederjohnLakelandCollegeWilliamWoodJamesMadisonUniversityKimberlyNygardLakelandCollegeAbstractThispaperdescribesapre-andpost-testdesign,withcontrolgroup,usedtoevaluatetheeducationaleffectivenessofTeachingtheEthicalFoundationsofEconomics,aten-lessonsetofcurricularmaterialspublishedin2007bytheNationalCouncilonEconomicEducation(NCEE).Usingasampleof875studentsfromdiverseU.S.states,thereportfindspositiveandstatisticallysignificanteffectsona25-questiontestofstudentlearningabouteconomicsandethics.ItalsofindsgenerallypositiveresultsonanattitudesurveyaboutethicsgivenbeforeandafterexposuretoEthicalFoundations.Aregressionanalysisshowspositiveeffectsonstudentachievementrelatedtothenumberoflessonstaughtandthestudents’educationalaspirations.JELCodes:A11,A13,A21Keywords:Economicseducation;Teachingofeconomics;PedagogyI.IntroductionDoesethics–theconsiderationofrightandwrong–mattertothestudyofeconomics?Theansweris“yes,”accordingtotheauthorsofTeachingtheEthicalFoundationsofEconomics,asetofcurricularmaterialspublishedformiddleandhighschoolusebytheNationalCouncilonEconomicEducationin2007.Evenifitmatters,though,itmaybedifficulttogetstudentstolearnethics.Thispaperusesapre-andpost-testdesigntoevaluatetheeffectivenessofthe187

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Title	Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: Assessing a Curriculum for Middle and High School Students
Authors/Creators:	Scott Niederjohn, Lakeland College William Wood, James Madison University Kimberly Nygard, Lakeland College
Year:	2010
Volume:	25
Number:	2
Pages:	187 - 197
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Education, Pedagogy, Ethics, Testing, Teaching

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Niederjohn, Scott; Wood, William; Nygard, Kimberly / 2010. "Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: Assessing a Curriculum for Middle and High School Students." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 25(2): 187-197.