Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2005

Volume

37

Issue

3

Publication Title

Review of Radical Political Economics

First Page

346

Last Page

356

Abstract

This article discusses how to combine service learning, and spccifica!Iy a living wage research project, with radical political economy-based undergraduate economics courses to promote critical thinking, civic engagement, and active learning in students. The authors explore how instructors can integrate service learning into the teaching of political economy. In addition, the article describes the authors' experiences with living wage projects that they have implemented. The article makes the argument that the combination of experiential learning and political economics enriches the course experience for students significantly, leaving a much more lasting impression on students than a standard economics class.

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© 2005 Union for Radical Political Economics

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