Center for Economic Education
Scranton, PA 18510-4602
Director: Edward Scahill
EMS353@Tiger.uofs.edu
FAX (717) 941-4187
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University of Scranton Center for Economic Education Scranton, PA 18510-4602
Director: Edward Scahill
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Upcoming Workshops:
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To register or for further information call the center's number-a voice mail message may be left for Ed.
One of the teaching training workshops for teachers from the former Soviet Union was held in Estonia in 1995. Bananas become a favorite food of consumers in this Baltic nation after independence was gained and free trade established in the early 1990s.
These teachers attended a workshop at Lackawanna County Stadium - "Teaching Economics by Teaching Baseball" - that won a Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. Lessons developed for this workshop will be part of a new curriculum package available through the center in 1998.
Teachers who attended the AP-PA Economics Institute are shown in this 1996 photo. The black and white photo represents the serious approach taken by these teachers as they prepared to teach Advanced Placement in economics courses. This two year program was the only one of its kind - and received support through a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Photo shows Ed and friend marching off to an Economic 410 class. Economics 410 - "Economics for Education Majors" - is a special course developed to teach education majors at the University about economics and how to teach it at any grade level.
Very comprehensive listing of resources for teaching economics at the K-12 grade levels. Includes sample lessons and links to many other very good web sites.
The web page of the statewide affiliate of the University of Scranton Center and 12 other centers in Pennsylvania. This site has links to sources of information about state programs as well as other web sites that feature K-12 teacher resources and general information.
The web page of the NCEE, which is the national affiliate of state councils on economic education and over 260 centers for economic education. Special sections include links to council and center web pages and national content standards in economics.
The best of the web pages maintained by any of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Woodrow has links to economic data and economic education materials.
The web page of the most prominent journal devoted to research in economic education. Although some articles in the journal (it is available in the University's Weinberg Memorial Library) are technical, there are special sections in each issue devoted to teaching strategies. The web page provides a summary of content from past issues.
This page provides a description of a competition for students in grades 4-12 that is held over 10 week periods in both the fall and spring. (Adults can play the game as well.) The Stock Market Game can now be played electronically via this site. Links allow participants to check current prices of stocks and the value of their portfolios. Registration can be done here.