Putting the invisible hand to work : concepts and models for service learning in economics / KimMarie McGoldrick and Andrea L. Ziegert, editors.

Other author McGoldrick, KimMarie.
Other author Ziegert, Andrea L.
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, ©2002.
Descriptionviii, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Economics--Study and teaching.
Service learning.

Contents Using the theory of service learning as a tool for teaching economic theory / KimMarie McGoldrick -- Using issues to design effective service-learning experiences in economics : self-reliant, cooperative and online models / Ronald M. Ayers -- Economics in general education : the centrality of service learning / Kenneth P. Jameson -- The economic approach to service learning : ten simple guidelines / Rachel A. Willis -- What do students learn from service learning? / Andrea L. Ziegert -- Getting started in service learning : resources for economists / David T. Ball, Elizabeth L. MacNabb, and Carol P. Whitt -- Service learning in land economics : economic literacy in action / Leah Greden Mathews -- Regression analysis for the community : an application of service learning in a business and economic statistics course / Gail Mitchell Hoyt -- Poverty and access to health care : an academic service-learning project in economics / Arthur J. Caplan -- Nonprofit organizations and service learning : service and institutional economics in an issue-based, entry-level economics course / Charles P. Rock -- Service learning as the core of an economics course / Daphne T. Greenwood -- When the served teach : learning economics from Mexicans in Guadalajara, Mexico / Carol M. Clark -- What can volunteer work teach students about the study of paid work? : a discussion of a women-and-work course / Deborah M. Figart and Beth Olsen -- Forensic economics : at your service / Robin L. Bartlett -- What's love got to do with it? : making economics relevant in courses on economic development / Janet M. Tanski.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
LCCN 2002002788
ISBN0472097806 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN047206780X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HB74.5 .P87 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold