Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 15, No. 2
Issue: Spring 1984
Pages: pp. 101-110
Author(s): Stephen Buckles, Robert J. Strom, and William B. Walstad
Title: An Evaluation of a State Consumer and Economic Education Program: Implications for Effective Program Delivery
Abstract: In an evaluation of a consumer and economic education program in Indiana, the authors observe, "Most teachers do not want in-service programs on content; they want in-service programs that present teaching materials. The challenge, then, for in-service instructors is to teach theory and content in the context of presenting materials." This is more troublesome because the study shows that teachers report, almost uniformly across grade levels, that they place less emphasis on macroeconomics than on other topics asked about in the survey questionnaire.