The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 12, 1978-NINE
Understanding of economic issues goal of Portland teacher's convention
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By Jack Zimmerman
Oregon played host to a
unique group of educators last
week when up to 600 visitors
from 49 states gathered for
their annual meeting in Port
land. What makes this group so
special is the fact that for the
most part they were teachers
who teach teachers. And
enhancing the uniqueness of
this particular segment of the
educational community is its
mission to improve econo
mic understanding.
Economics is often referred
to as the "dismal science" and
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An excusve to Oregon's weekly newspapers
economists are often chided
for their inability to achieve
consensus on specific issues.
But there was nothing dismal
about the four-day meeting in
Portland and all delegates
were in perfect agreement
regarding their purpose.
Those delegates represent
the national Joint Council on
Economic Education, an ind
ependent, nonprofit nonpati
san organization, incorporat
ed in 1948 to encourage,
improve, coordinate and ser
vice the economic education
movement. Its trustees repre
sent all sectors of the economy
and financial support comes
from foundations, . business,
organized labor, farm groups
and interested individuals.
The Joint Council's princi
pal medium for expanding and
improving economic educa
tion is a network of 49 state
and six regional affiliated
councils and 172 Centers for
Economic Education on colle
ge and university campuses.
Oregon has long been active
in the Joint Council's activi
ties and its affiliated Oregon
Council on Economic educ
ation is headquartered at
Portland State University.
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The Oregon Council supports
three Centers for Economic
Education ; one at PSU, anoth
er at Oregon State University
at Corvallis and a third at
Oregon College of Education
in Monmouth. Each has its
own fulltime director, who is
charged with the responsibil
ity of providing economic
education council, instruction
and materials for teachers at
all grade levels and for the
general public.
Primarily the meeting in
Portland provided an oppor
tunity for staffs of all affiliat
ed Councils to exchange ideas
to learn from each other the
various techniques being used
to help teachers explain eco
nomics to pupils and students
ranging from kindergarten
through college.
A highlight was a preview
showing of 15 20-minute tele
vision film programs produc
ed by the Agency for Instruc
tional Television through a
consortium that involved 46
states and four Canadian
Provinces. Oregon participat
ed in the consortium and the
State Department of Educa
tion and OCEE have coopera
ted to make it available in our
oublic schools this year.
Workshops already have
been conducted by OCEE for
Oregon teachers and the
series is being aired for 9, 10
and 11-year-olds. Themes of
the series include such econ
omic concepts as choice (scar
city and opportunity cost),
personal decision making,
tradeoffs, increasing product
ivity, voluntary exchange,
buyers and market demand,
sellers and market supply,
market prices, interdepend
ence of the market system and
market intervention.
Title of the series is "Trade
offs" and it may be in use in
your particular school district
right now. It, like the general
purpose of the Joint Council, is
designed to help people better
understand their individual
roles in a changing economic
environment; to think through
economic problems to reach
logical conclusions, and to be
aware of costs and benefits
involved in economic decision
making. Michael A. MacDowell, pre
sident of JCEE from New
York, succinctly explained the
fervor with which economics
educators approach their task
by stating:
"The economic understand
ing of every citizen
determines how he votes on
economic issues and how he
handles his own and his
family's economic affairs.
"Objective tests show that
only a Bmall portion of high
school and college grad
uatesthe potential decision-makers
of the nation
have an elementary know
ledge of economic concepts
and reasoning."
He said that inadequate
economic education is a seri
ous problem because a sound
economic climate which so
vitally effects management,
labor, the aged, the ill,
minorities, stockholders, fa
rmers and every other seg
ment of society depends on
the economic literacy of the
voter.
"Economic understanding
is essential," MacDowell con
cluded, "if we are to meet our
responsibilities as citizens and
participants in abasically free
enterprise economy.
Harvest dance
slated for
Dayville
A Harvest Masquerade Dan
ce will be held Oct. 21 from
8p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Dayville
Community Hall, preceeded
by a community potluck
dinner starting at 6:30 p.m.
Music will be furnished by
the High Mountain Ramblers .
of Portland, featuring tradit
ional and contemporary
soundsT""
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