Discussing Economics: A Classroom Guide to Preparing Discussion Questions and Leading Discussion

by Michael K. Salemi and W. Lee Hansen

Discussing Economics treats discussion - meaning formal consideration of questions about a reading - as a new approach to learning economics. Setting out a detailed approach modeled on the ideas of Mortimer Adler and the Great Books Foundation, the authors explain why instructors should organize discussion around interpretive questions, how to plan and lead discussion, and how to integrate it into a course. They then provide a guide to over 60 classic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847202179
• ISBN13: 9781847202178
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.