Norman Cloutier, Director
Professor Norman Cloutier, Director
Dennis Kaufman, Associate Director
Professor Dennis Kaufman, Associate Director
Farida Khan, Associate Director
Professor Farida Khan, Associate Director

 

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.

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Norm’s October 2009 presentations to the Wisconsin Money Smart Week conferences in Madison and Green Bay can be downloaded from Teaching Resources.

Event

When-Where

Description

Integrating Economics Into Your U.S. History Classroom

February 12, 2010, Racine, WI

This full-day teacher workshop is targeted at middle school and high school teachers of U.S. history and social studies who interested in including more economic content in their classes. See brochure.

Sports Economics Pedagogy

Spring 2010

Norm will be teaching a one- credit graduate level course on using sports to teach economic principles. For more information on this and other courses offered through EconomicsWisconsin click here .

Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies Mar 15-16, 2010, Madison, WI Along with other Center Directors, Norm will be participating at the 2010 WCSS. More details forthcoming.