Teaching about the "Economic Crisis" Today. The Example of French "Economic and Social Sciences"

Autor/inn/en	Coléno, Yves-Patrick; Blanchard, Hervé
Titel	Teaching about the "Economic Crisis" Today. The Example of French "Economic and Social Sciences"
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Science Education, 16 (2017) 2, S.52-63 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1618-5293
Schlagwörter	Economics Education; Economic Climate; Foreign Countries; Social Sciences; Social Science Research; Teaching Methods; Instructional Materials; Course Descriptions; Income; Marxian Analysis; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftskunde; Wirtschaftslage; Ausland; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Kursstrukturplan; Einkommen; Marxism; Marxismus; Frankreich
Abstract	Purpose: In France at the high school the subject matter "Sciences Économiques et Sociales" (economic and social sciences) deals with the present economic crisis. We study the ways it is taught about: words, and explanatory patterns. Design/methodology/approach: We use a specific approach, that we call "semantic holism", conceiving subject contents as the product of a dual process of didactization and of axiologization of reference knowledge. That implies relating these contents to the social value system and, especially, to the lexicon, set of keywords through which people must think and talk at some point. The analysis starts from the examination of economic and social sciences syllabuses and teaching resources, and leads us to highlight the predominance of the references to standard economics, but this predominance cannot be justified by the state of scientific knowledge. Findings: We show on the contrary a lexicon effect: the subject key notions have been selected in accordance to the lexicon keywords. Therefore the proposed contents seem far from the objective to understanding the major issues at stake today. Research limitations/implications: Then further researches must focus on the ways of teaching about the crisis in spite of the present lexicon. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01