Thursday, June 6, 2019

CORE and Periphery in the Reform of Econ 101 — Peter Dorman


Peter Dorman critiques the CORE revision of Econ 101 and finds that it relies too much on rote and not enough on active learning. Rote may be more suitable for those going on in the study of economics, but most students taking Econ 101 don't. The introductory course should be designed to serve the needs of the many rather than the few.

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CORE and Periphery in the Reform of Econ 101
Peter Dorman | Professor of Political Economy, The Evergreen State College

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AXEC / E.K-H said...

Economics textbooks ― tombstones at the Flat-Earth-Cemetery
Links on Peter Dorman on ‘CORE and Periphery in the Reform of Econ 101’

“I often wonder whether other subjects suffer as much from textbook writers.” (Hahn, 1980)

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https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2017/09/core-more-lipstick-on-dead-economics-pig.html

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https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2019/03/refuting-mmts-new-macroeconomics.html

Economists have no brain
https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2016/10/economists-have-no-brains.html

False on principle
https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2015/08/false-on-principle.html

Where economics went wrong (II)
https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2018/10/where-economics-went-wrong.html

The father of modern economics and his imbecile kids
https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-father-of-modern-economics-and-his.html

For details of the big picture see cross-references Econ 101/Old Curriculum/New Curriculum
https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2015/11/cross-references-econ-101.html

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