Curriculum development in economics /
edited by David Whitehead.
- London : Heinemann Educational books, 1974.
- xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Educational objectives in economics -- Towards a taxonomy of educational objectives for economics -- Theory of objectives applied to the teaching of economics -- Values in economic education -- Concealed values in economics teaching -- Some research problems in economics education:Research into economic efficiency in the teaching of economics: Some fundamental problems -- Learning theory and the audio-visual element in economics -- The Place of economics in the Secondary School Curriculum -- Integration and sequence in economics for 8-13-year-olds -- Economics below the sixth form: Economics in the early stages of the secondary school -- Economics for the less-able student -- Terminal economics: The Experience of C.S.E. -- Economics at Sixth Form Level and its relationship to University Economics: The Educational value of economics: Some practical implications -- The Effect of recent developments in Sixth Forms on the relationship between economics and other subjects -- An Approach to the teaching of economics in shools -- A Curriculum innovation: The Business Studies Project: Lessons from the 'A' level Business Studies Project -- Economics for Civil Servants and Student Teachers: Teaching the essentials of microeconomics to managers in the Civil Service -- Economics in courses for teachers in Colleges of Education -- Digest of seminar discussions and conclusions: Digest of discusions -- The Economics curriculum: Looking to the future; checklist of major research needs.