Economic education

In analogy to a contextual economy, economic education does not have to be understood in isolation, but comprehensively. The interest here is not only directed at the static result of economic (action) competences, but also asks how economic understanding can be developed in modern market societies. In addition to the concept of economic competence, economic understanding refers to the interplay between economic and social processes and their assessment. This requires a reflexive economic didactics in order to promote an economic sense understanding and a comprehensive formation of opinion.

 

Further information on reflexive economic didactics can be found in:

 

• Nils Goldschmidt, Yvette Keipke, Alexander Lenger und Klaas Macha. Reflexive Wirtschaftsdidaktik: Praktische Folgen für das Schulfach Wirtschaft und die Lehramtsausbildung, in: Gesellschaft • Wirtschaft • Politik (GWP) 67,2 (2018), 271–276.

• Nils Goldschmidt, Yvette Keipke, Alexander Lenger und Klaas Macha. Reflexive Wirtschaftsdidaktik: Ökonomische Handlungskompetenz, wirtschaftliches Sinn-Verstehen und moralische Urteile, in: Gesellschaft • Wirtschaft • Politik (GWP) 67,1 (2018), 143–151.

The professorship cooperates with the Zentrum für ökonomische Bildung in Siegen (ZöBiS).