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About the Event
This NEW workshop introduces an innovative way to teach basic economic principles and concepts. Learn how to best teach economics through the lens of professional sports using examples from the NHL, NFL, NBA, and more. Whether you or your students are avid sports fans, or have little to no knowledge of this field, you can take advantage of what this course has to offer.
The lesson plans and activities included in this workshop make economics easy to understand and relatable to students. This workshop covers topics that overlap with the NEW Economics 12 curriculum*.
Topics:
Supply and demand*, opportunity cost, public choice theory, inflation*, use of index numbers*, voluntary trade, marginal revenue, among others.
Speakers & Instructors
Charlotte and Walter Kohler Professor of Economics, Lakeland University
M. Scott Niederjohn is Dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship and Charlotte and Walter... more