Title: Economic education and tests

Authors: Jia Liang

Addresses: School of Statistics, Central University of Finance and Economics, 39 South College Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China

Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to give my own perspective about what is wrong with the Chinese higher education and what is needed. From my perspective, and I believe I speak for many, if we are to truly understand our economy, we need to go beyond what is presented in the texts; to go beyond mastering end-of-chapter problems; and go beyond understanding any one model at the exclusion of others. In China, we need a pluralist method of teaching that allows us to understand the roots of theories and how they have grown, or withered over time.

Keywords: economics education; economic tests; China; higher education; pluralism.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPEE.2010.037972

International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2010 Vol.1 No.4, pp.322 - 323

Published online: 07 Jan 2011 *

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