EC122 (EX17) ZB - Economics for Educators

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EC122 Economics for Educators. 3 hours. A course designed to familiarize students seeking certification to teach at the elementary and middle school levels with the basic economic concepts that elementary and middle school students are expected to know and to explore the teaching tools and techniques that are available for teaching economics at those levels. [Restriced to students seeking certification to teach at the elementary level and at the middle school level with a concentration in social science. Those seeking certification to teach at the high school level should take either (preferably both) EC201 Macroeconomics or EC202 Microeconomics.] Fall.

Course Objectives

Students who successfully complete Economics for Educators will:

  1. Be familiar with both the National Voluntary Standards in Economics and the Missouri content standards at the elementary level;
  2. Be familiar with the different tools that are available to elementary-level teachers for teaching in the elementary classroom;
  3. Demonstrate an ability to use works of children's literature to convey and illustrate basic economic concepts;
  4. Be familiar with the teaching resources made available by the Federal Reserve System;
  5. Demonstrate an ability to analyze current news stories from an economic perspective.

Textbook

The Everything Economics Book

(Part of Everything®)
By David A Mayer and Melanie E Fox
 
The Dismal Science. The Worldly Philosophy. The Science of Scarcity. Most people think economics is one of the most challenging and complex fields of study. But with this book, it doesn't have to be! You will learn how the U.S. economy works in unbiased, easy-to-understand language. And you can learn it without the complex equations, arcane graphs, and technical jargon you'll find in most economic texts.

David A. Mayer and Melanie E. Fox explain:
  • Why and how we trade
  • How the government intervenes in markets
  • Unemployment and inflation
  • Supply and demand...