![]() ![]() The line-of-sight for girls in school is limited by the lack of information around career choices in economics coming from school advisors, curriculum advisors and related networks.Īs part of her push to drive up participation numbers, Wendy Mockler, second right, is looking at assessment and teaching methods, putting the responsibility for creating change firmly on teachers. Misinformation- Economics is commonly associated with financing and banking.Curriculum- Economics can be mired in an encyclopedic coverage of facts, concepts and graphs due to curriculum restraints (Schug & Wood, 2011) and tends to rely on textbooks and rote-learning through a prescriptive curriculum instead of student-centred learning such as gaming (Dobrescu, Greiner & Motta, 2015).Role models- Fewer female economic teachers and lecturers acting as role models economic commentators are male-dominated textbooks predominately use men and place them in leading, decisive roles.Mathematical skills underpin economic equations and calculations which marginalises some students (Schug & Wood, 2011) ![]()
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