Thinking Like Which Economists? Powerful and Authentic Social Studies Through New Perspectives in Economics Education

Does a queen belong in a democracy? Departures and possibilities in civics and economics education

“…The section builds on critical approaches to teaching and learning economics (King & Finley, 2015; Marri et al, 2011; Miller, 1993; Myers & Stocks, 2010; Neumann, 2012, 2014; Shanks, 2018; Sober, 2017; Vickery et al, 2015). Because “starting points matter” (Shanks, 2020b, p. 296), the resources below are intended to give social studies educators a preview of “the outcome of thinking like an economist through new and marginalized perspectives” (Shanks, 2020a, p. 31). Moreover, the approaches described below can help bridge divides between civics and economics while countering the individualistic paradigms that can also be endemic to mainstream civics education (Chiodo & Martin, 2005; Wan, 2014).…”