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The Hawaii Council on Economic Education, along with the UH College of Education and Department of Economics, supports the Center for Economic Education. The Center conducts the training programs that teach teachers how to instill economics-related life skills in the curriculum for Hawaii's students in grades Kindergarten through 12.
- Teacher Training – The Center teacher training
programs provides teachers with specialized instruction
in economic principles, teaching strategies, special programs
and instructional resources.
- The Center offers credit courses such as Mini-Society,
Making a Job, and Integration of Economics in into the
Social Studies Curriculum.
- The Center sponsors unique workshops and seminars such as Harry Potter’s
Economy & Polity; Seas, Trees and Economies; and Financial
Fitness for Life to provide professional development
activities for certified teachers.
- Lending Library/Resource Center – The Center provides
teachers access to over 1,000 instructional materials, the
latest curriculum guides, textbooks, workbooks, primary
economic data sources, and videos. It is the only collection
of its kind in the state.
- Consulting – The Center provides consulting services
to individual teachers and schools on how best to teach
economics in the classroom.
Visit the Center for
Economic Education's website for more infromation.
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