Center for Economic Education

Welcome to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Center for Economic Education web site. The Center is affiliated with the (national) Council for Economic Education and EconomicsWisconsin. The mission of the Center is to improve economic and financial literacy by providing K-12 teachers with curriculum material and professional development that will enable them to more effectively teach economics.

What teachers are saying about the Center Comment from a high school teacher of economics after taking the one-credit graduate course on Environmental Economics Pedagogy: "I have found more practical utility in this class than my previous six graduate classes combined." Workshop evaluation response from the Integrating Economics into Your U.S. History Classroom workshop: "I have no economics training beyond a single course in college.  This workshop enticed me because it tied a subject I avoid (economics) with a subject I teach regularly (American History).  It provided me with actual lessons that I can incorporate into my classroom (8th grade American History) in a usable format.  It touched on highly relevant topics, sharing information in an understandable manner.  I'm not just economics ignorant, I'm econ-phobic.  This workshop's lessons prove to me that I (and therefore also my students) can benefit from economics information both historically and everyday contemporary life."

 

Professional Development Opportunities (Updated 3/7/12)

Teachers,

It has been a busy 2011-2012 academic year so far. The UW-Parkside CEE has participated in three Money Smart Week conferences, the ASET conference in Milwaukee, and we just completed our full-day workshop on Teaching Financial Crises, February 24, 2012.

Those teachers interested in seeing some of the items that were presented in the February 24 workshop are encouraged to visit the Center's Teaching Resources page.

Norm is participating in the March 19 session of the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies conference, presenting, What Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis?

Finally, Norm is teaching a 1-graduate credit online course on the Economics of Sports beginning on March 26. See the EconomicsWisconsin link for more information on all the online course offerings.

 

2011-2012 Academic Year
Date	Venue	Event
Sept. 30, 2011	Waterfront Restaurant, La Crosse	Money Talks: Money Smart Seminar
Oct 14, 2011	Lambeau Field, Green Bay	Get Your Students Pumped Up on Personal Finance and Economics
Oct 31, 2011	Geneva National Golf Club, Lake Geneva	Money Talks: Money Smart Seminar, Lake Geneva
Dec. 2, 2011	Hilton Milwaukee River Milwaukee	Annual Meeting of the Association of School Economic Teachers (ASET)
Feb. 24, 2012	UW-Parkside CEE	Teaching Financial Crises Brochure Online Registration
March 18 - 19, 2011	Middleton	Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies
Various	Online	Online graduate level courses on various economic and financial topics, taught by economics professors associated with EconomicsWisconsin.