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Teaching Introductory Economics to Promote Sustainability
Author(s) -
Venkatesan Madhavi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.20373
Subject(s) - sustainability , curriculum , economics education , higher education , mathematics education , economics , engineering ethics , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , engineering , economic growth , ecology , biology
This chapter addresses how sustainability can be incorporated within the Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics curriculum. Examples of assignments along with case study assessments of the impact of the assignments as they relate to understanding and fostering sustainability in the student are provided.