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Off-Campus Study, Study Abroad, and Study Away in Economics

Leaving the Blackboard Behind

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Editors:
  1. Joshua Hall

    1. John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  2. Kim Holder

    1. Richards College of Business, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, USA

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  • Discusses topics in economic education with a focus on experiential learning
  • Diversifies methodological approaches to teaching economics with evidence from real
  • classrooms with practical applications
  • Serves as a handbook to help ease the start-up costs of teaching a study away or study
  • abroad course for educators at all levels

Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Exploring Your Own Local Economy Using Adam Smith

    • Laura Grube
    Pages 1-17

  3. Extra-Curricular Undergraduate Student Field Trips

    • Cecil E. Bohanon
    Pages 19-26

  4. Economic Journeys in Alaska

    • Alice Louise Kassens
    Pages 27-32

  5. Off-Campus Colloquia as Immersive Study and Active Learning: Capitaf, Milton and Rose Friedman’s Home

    • Signè Thomas, Samuel R. Staley
    Pages 33-51

  6. Faculty Professional Development Through International Experiences

    • Rebecca L. Moryl
    Pages 53-60

  7. Educating in Theory and in Practice: The Fund for American Studies

    • Anne Rathbone Bradley
    Pages 61-71

  8. International Internships: Their Value and a Guide to Setting Them Up

    • Matthew C. Rousu, Scott Manning
    Pages 73-81

  9. Teaching the Economics of Poverty and Discrimination as a Study Abroad in South Africa

    • Claudia Strow, Brian Strow
    Pages 83-95

  10. Teaching Economics of Poverty as a Global Classroom Course in Ghana

    • Brian Hollar
    Pages 97-105

  11. Business in Emerging Markets: The Case of Morocco

    • Nadia Nafar
    Pages 107-117

  12. The Chinese Menu: How to Discover the Key Ingredients of Market Systems Through a Study Abroad Program

    • Craig J. Richardson
    Pages 119-134

  13. Sports, Culture, and the Economy: Baseball in the Dominican Republic

    • Michelle A. Vachris
    Pages 135-145

  14. Short Term Study Abroad: Renewable Energy in Germany and Switzerland

    • Laura Lamontagne
    Pages 147-155

  15. Study Abroad in Germany: Sie Müssen Arbeiten, but It Is Not that Hard

    • Jason Beck, Michael Toma
    Pages 157-173

  16. Schumpeter in Vienna: A Study Abroad Course

    • John T. Dalton, Andrew J. Logan
    Pages 175-190

  17. Engaging Economics: ‘The Innocents Abroad’ in Rome and Italy

    • David E.  R. Gay
    Pages 191-203

  18. Developing Study Abroad Opportunities in Economics and Finance: Guidance from a Faculty-Led Program in Madrid, Spain

    • Gregory M. Randolph, Michael T. Tasto
    Pages 205-218

  19. Exploring How Place Can Enhance Learning in Short Course Study Abroads

    • Ryan M. Yonk
    Pages 219-235

  20. A Study Abroad Experience in Ireland: The Celtic Tiger Before and After the Global Financial Crisis

    • Dennis W. Jansen
    Pages 237-247
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About this book

This volume discusses diverse methodologies in economics education, focusing on experiential economic education away from campus through study abroad, study away, and other off-campus programs. These twenty-three chapters provide a ‘how-to’ guide for economic educators looking to expand their pedagogical repertoire, whether they want to take students to Ireland to study Adam Smith or South Africa to study poverty. Readers are provided with information about the economic content of the course as well as the nuts-and-bolts of on-the-ground experiences. Delivering a modern take on economic education, this volume is intended for economics educators wishing to engage students in new and creative ways.

Editors and Affiliations

  • John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Joshua Hall

  • Richards College of Business, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, USA

    Kim Holder

About the editors

Joshua Hall is Chair and Professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University (US). Dr. Hall's areas of interest include applied microeconomics, with an emphasis on economic freedom, state and local public finance and entrepreneurship. In addition to being the author of more than 50 articles in journals such as Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Public Administration, Research, and Theory, Contemporary Economic Policy, and Southern Economic Journal, he is co-author of the widely-cited Economic Freedom of the World annual report. 

Kim Holder is the Director of the University of West Georgia’s (UWG) Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy and Senior Lecturer of Economics in the Richards College of Business. She’s an alumna of UWG and Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Holder’s academic research focuses on creatively teaching with media and social media tobreak down barriers to economics education. Kim served as a founding advisory board member of the Journal of Economics Teaching and is a board member focused on economic education for the Association of Private Enterprise Education and the Journal of Private Enterprise.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Off-Campus Study, Study Abroad, and Study Away in Economics

  • Book Subtitle: Leaving the Blackboard Behind

  • Editors: Joshua Hall, Kim Holder

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73831-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73830-3Published: 09 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73833-4Published: 09 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73831-0Published: 08 October 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 294

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Education, general

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