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Persuasion and Propaganda in Economic Education: Background Knowledge and Examples
Beeinflussung und Manipulation in der ökonomischen Bildung: Hintergründe und Beispiele
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Forschungsinstitut für gesellschaftliche Weiterentwicklung e.V. (FGW)
Abstract This study investigates whether global standardized economics education at the university level involves elements of indoctrination. The survey applies language and text based analyses from the cognitive sciences and propaganda research. Using two standard textbooks as examples, the survey identifie... view more
This study investigates whether global standardized economics education at the university level involves elements of indoctrination. The survey applies language and text based analyses from the cognitive sciences and propaganda research. Using two standard textbooks as examples, the survey identifies forms of persuasion capable of fundamentally and subconsciously altering students‘ (pre-)understandings and worldview. The forms of persuasion identified in this study do not conform to criteria of scientific-objective knowledge acquisition as the standard for education.... view less
Keywords
economic education; university teaching
Classification
Training, Teaching and Studying, Professional Organizations of Economics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Düsseldorf
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
FGW Impuls New Economic Thinking, 5
ISSN
2510-408X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0