Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching: A Critical Guide for Teaching

Make economics resonate to high school students. This practical handbook will help economics and social studies teachers foster critical thinking by introducing students to the real-life dimensions of the major controversies in contemporary economics. Filled with useful teaching tips and user-friendly information on finding engaging materials and activities for the classroom, the book also includes detailed coverage of the Voluntary National Content Standards for economics. "Introducing Economics" is a one-stop resource for high school teachers who want to make economics relevant to their students' lives. It includes more than 50 sections with lists of suggested "Activities and Resources," many with Internet links. It features boxed "Hints for Clear Teaching" tips for presenting particularly difficult topics. It provides an annotated resource guide to more than 30 organizations involved in economics education, with associated Internet links. It follows the flow of topics in a typical economics course. It addresses real-life topics that are ignored or glossed-over in traditional textbooks - economics and the environment, the distribution of income and wealth, discrimination, labor unions, globalization, the power of corporations, and more. It offers critical guidance for meeting all 20 Voluntary National Content Standards in economics, and also provides an overview of the political and intellectual history and contemporary state of economics education.

Business & Money

Nelson, Julie

Maier, Mark H.

Economics

Routledge

This concise history of New York City municipal unions makes a persuasive case that union leadership in NYC has often behaved like a junior partner in the management structure by conceding to City demands (oftentimes over the protest of the membership); by excluding the rank and file from decision-making; by doing management's job of enforcing workplace discipline; and by undermining and marginalizing militants within the ranks.

City Unions: Managing Discontent in New York City

Rutgers Univ Pr

The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science (Habitat Guides)

This book discusses the collection, use and interpretation of statistical data. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing, health, education, crime, the national economy, wealth, income and poverty, labour, business and government. Each chapter opens with an overview of the data sources in the particular field, discusses current controversies in the interpretation of that data, and concludes with questions designed to stimulate thought about proper uses of the data.

Education & Reference

The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics (Habitat Guides)

This text has been updated for this second edition to include material on AIDS, homelessness, abortion, education and other critical issues. It also includes a new chapter on the use and misuse of polling data.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

"Fills the need for a companion text to introductory statistics courses on the collection and use of social science data". -- Reference &amp; Research Book News

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Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching: A Critical Guide for Teaching

Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching: A Critical Guide for Teaching

City Unions: Managing Discontent in New York City

The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science (Habitat Guides)

The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science (Habitat Guides)

The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics (Habitat Guides)

The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics (Habitat Guides)