Professional Development - Associations, Conferences & Enrichment
Foundation for Teaching
Economics
- promoting excellence in economic education
The Foundation for Teaching Economics promotes excellence in economic education by helping teachers of economics become more effective educators.
Get away, meet colleagues from across the country, and participate in interactive economics education at its best. FTE provides room, meals, and all course materials! All programs offer optional graduate credit.
Details on all of their programs across the U.S. can be found on the FTE web site.
Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?
Join us for the dynamic one-day seminar addressing the question: Is Capitalism Good for the Poor? The curriculum materials use economic reasoning in analyzing the impact, both real and potential, of capitalist institutions on the well-being of the world's poor.
Co-sponsored by FTE, Northern Illinois University and the Illinois Council on Economic Education, this engaging program will be held in the interactive tradition of the FTE. Lessons employ a variety of teaching strategies from direct instruction to out-of-your-seat simulations.
Workshop Details
Teachers of grades 6-12 and pre-service teachers are invited to participate on February 9, 2008, from 8:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Northern Illinois University Rockford campus. Teachers staying to the end of the program will receive free curriculum materials and 6 CPDU's.
Workshop topics include:
- What is poverty and who are the poor?
- What is capitalism?
- Degrees of market competition
- Property rights and the rule of law
- Incentives that generate invention and innovation
- Incentives that promote social cooperation
A refundable registration fee of $25 will hold your seat. Registrations are limited. Download the workshop flyer for complete information and the registration form.