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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
A&M helps economic education
By MARGIE SANTAMARIA
Although the United States is
among the most literate nations,
many believe its education system
has failed to instruct students in
basic economic reasoning.
“Educators really haven’t paid a
great deal of attention in educating
students in economics,” said Dr.
John W. Allen, associate professor
of economics and associate director
of Texas A&M University’s Center
for Education and Research in Free
Enterprise.
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adults have never had a course in
economics and the average person
knows litte about how the economic
system works.
According to a study done by the
Joint Council on Economic Educa
tion in 1973, social studies courses
tend to neglect the tools of eco
nomic analysis necessary for literate
citizenship. Moreover, 36 states do
not require training in economics
for high school teachers of social sci
ence — those most likely to teach
economics. Only half of these
teachers have taken a course in eco
nomics. The report also stated that
only 22 percent of future teachers
who have taken economics received
instruction in methods for teaching
it.
The same study showed that
three out of four college students
had not taken an economics course.
Only two states, Texas and Arizona,
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required a course in economics for
high school graduation.
In 1961, the American Economic
Association served as a co-sponsor of
a year-long national television
course in basic economics. The
show was carried by 182 national
stations and all educational televi
sion stations in the United States
during the 1962-63 school year.
The program’s objective was to
help the general public, students
and teachers gain a better under
standing of economics. At the end of
the course, the National Opinion
Research Center conducted a study
to measure the effectiveness of the
course and to collect extensive in
formation on what economics was
being taught in high schools, how
and by whom.
THE TESTS showed that social-
studies teachers who had taken no
college courses in economics did
about as well as those who had taken
a year or two of courses in eco
nomics. This reflected the short
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range effect of college courses over
about eight years, the average
period since the teachers had left
college.
Texas A&M is pooling its re
sources to take action to improve
economic education by creating a
university-wide program.
The Center For Education and
Research in Free Enterprise,
known as the “Free Enterprise Cen
ter, was endorsed by the Board of
Regents early this year. Last week
end, the Center received the Eagle
Award from the Invest-In-Ameriea
Council, in recognition of its ec
onomic education contributions.
College level progams aim to a.
crease college student exposure!i
the study of economics andlheli«
enterprise system, increase tie
economic content in social sdet#
teacher certification programs aid
encourage careers in economic ei
cation.
The Center is dedicated !o
providing the public with oppr
tunities to learn through a variety^
conferences, workshops, jyrapoj.
urns, lectures and debates.
A Research Division is r:
promote scholarly research (I
development of new and im[
knowledge about economic system.
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“Our ultimate objective is to
make teachers effective in educating
their students on economic mat
ters, ’ he said. “The Center repre
sents the nation’s first effort to coor
dinate a single major university or
truly comprehensive and integrated
program responsible for training
teachers at all levels, developing
original instructional materials and
reaching out to non-student popula
tions through a variety of continuing
education and awareness programs.
The educational programs of the
Free Enterprise Center concentrate
on free enterprise.
According to the information that
the Center distributes, programs at
the pre-college level put an em
phasis on teacher training. This is
offered through intensive on-
campus summer training programs
for public school teachers and
through specially designed exten
sion-type short courses presented
at various public schools across the
State.
fr
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ALLEN SAID the Center i ered.
pends exclusively on the privatei I don'
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nations. “We are very fortumtet ion at an
that 60,()()() former studentsb
provided the initial fundingfortli
Center. We are seeking conlifc
tions from businesses and industris
for annual operating expenses ad
for the creation of a pemaneii
endowment, he said. The Cette
was given $250,000 and lias a
endowment target of about SM mj.
lion.
Because the Center is still ini
velopmental stages, high scM
have not been formally notify j
programs but Allen said they wills
in the near future.
On November 30 six instruction,
leaders from across the state imU
Texas A&M to discuss hew tie
could best assist Texas teachers !:
was to be a planning meetingfon
spring conference that will he ai
tended by 150-200 teachers 6m
across the state.
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