Title: Active learning practices for the Buddhist economics course: some positive results

Authors: Wanna Prayukvong

Addresses: College of Bhodivijalaya, Srinakharinwirot University, 114 Suhumvit 23, Bangkok 10110, Thailand

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to observe the responsiveness of students to active learning within a Buddhist economics course. After a brief introductory section, the second section of this paper explains Buddhist economics; the third section presents our Buddhist economics course in brief; the fourth section considers the nature of active learning and classroom research within the contextual pedagogy of Buddhist economics; the fifth reports the empirical findings of this study and the paper ends with a short conclusions. Students provided positive feedback and noted their increased understanding, which may be thought close to Buddhist wisdom (pañña) transcending the duality of objective truth.

Keywords: Buddhist economics; active learning; interconnectedness; economics education; Thailand; student feedback.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPEE.2014.066681

International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2014 Vol.5 No.3, pp.256 - 266

Published online: 14 Jan 2015 *

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