Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ433657
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
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Integrating Economics into the Curriculum: Teaching Ideas from England.
Waite, Patrick; And Others
Social Studies, v82 n2 p67-70 Mar-Apr 1991
Reviews economics teaching methods in England in light of curriculum reform there. Explains economics' cross-curricular status in England's national curriculum. Stresses students' experiential learning in simulations, interview projects, and a minienterprise approach in which students produce and market goods. Describes one elementary school's minienterprise where students profitably made and sold popcorn. (CH)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum, Interviews, School Business Relationship, Simulation, Skill Development, Student Educational Objectives, Student Participation, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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