ABSTRACT
This volume is a state-of-the-art compilation of diverse and innovative perspectives, principles, and a number of practiced approaches of fields, courses, and methods of pluralist economics teaching. It fosters constructive controversy aiming to incite authors and commentators to engage in fruitful debate.
The complex economic problems of the 21st century require a pluralist, real-world oriented, and innovative discipline of economics, capable of addressing and teaching those complex issues to students from diverse perspectives. This volume addresses a number of key questions: Which models could be taught outside the equilibrium and optimality paradigm? Which methods could help to improve our understanding of the complex globalized economy? How can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined in a fruitful way to analyze complex economic problems? How can the academic isolation of mainstream economics that has developed over many decades be overcome, despite its attempted transdisciplinary imperialism? What role should knowledge from other disciplines play in teaching economics, and what is the relevance of transdisciplinarity? Through examining these issues, the editors and authors have created a pluralist but cohesive book on teaching economics in the contemporary classroom, drawing from ideas and examples from around the world.
Principles and Pluralist Approaches in Teaching Economics is a unique collection of diverse perspectives on the methodology and applications of pluralist economics teaching. It will be a great resource for those teaching economics at various levels as well as researchers and intermediate and advanced students searching for pluralism in economics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|87 pages
Principles for teaching pluralist economics
chapter 2|21 pages
Making the incommensurable comparable
chapter 5|4 pages
It needs two eyes to see in perspective
chapter 6|15 pages
Economic competence, economic understanding, and reflexive judgment
part II|186 pages
Approaches and building blocks
chapter 8|20 pages
Heterodox perspectives in teaching the European integration and crisis
chapter 9|14 pages
Ecological economics in research and teaching
chapter 11|22 pages
Demand-driven ecological collapse
chapter 13|14 pages
Undermining the microeconomic textbook approach
chapter 14|14 pages
Functional income distribution in economic paradigms
chapter 17|16 pages
Addressing controversies in economics instruction through interdisciplinary learning communities
part III|50 pages
Teaching for socioecological transformation