Enjoy a wonderful day of food, ambiance and stimulating discussion at the

18th Annual Meeting of the Association of School Economic Teachers (ASET)

Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics

A workshop for teachers on ethics in government, business and in the market

What: Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics

When: December 5th, 9:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m.

Where: Milwaukee Art Museum

Registration Fee: $65 includes:
• Continental breakfast and lunch
• Materials
• Free copy of Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics to the first 60 teachers to register
• Continuing-education units through UW Parkside (0.5 units)

Registration Deadline: November 28th


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Presenters:

• Dr. Norm Cloutier, UW Parkside Center for Economic Education

• Tim O’Driscoll, UWM Center for Economic Education

• Dr. Richard Priem, UWM Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business

• Dr. Mark Schug, UWM Center for Economic Education

How you will benefit from this workshop:

• Learn how to teach economic and ethical concepts in a user-friendly way.

• Learn how to engage students through simulations, group decision making, problem solving, classroom demonstrations, role plays and group presentations.

• Learn how to pose interesting questions about efficiency and equity in health care, the meaning of justice, why  ethical conduct is essential to the scientific process, why markets need ethical standards, the moral limits of markets, the ethics of sweatshop labor, the social responsibility of business and the ethics of the sale of human organs.

• Learn how to help students develop critical-thinking skills necessary to explore economic and public-policy issues within a wider moral context.

All lessons are correlated to the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and are classroom tested.

View sample lessons from Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics

Sponsored by:

EconomicsWisconsin

John Templeton Foundation

Milwaukee Art Museum

National Council on Economic Education

UWM Center for Economic Education

UW Parkside Center for Economic Education

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