A Constructivist Learning Approach to Income Inequality, Poverty and the “American Dream”

In the constructivist approach to economic education, an understanding of economic reality is built on the student’s own economic experiences. The process results in active and engaged learning. This paper reports on in-class experiments aimed at developing a learning module focused on income inequality and poverty. How much income is required to maintain a modest, middle income, poverty line or “American Dream” living standard?

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Leclerc, Daniel ; Ford, Ed ; Ford, E.
Published in:	Forum for Social Economics. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0736-0932. - Vol. 38.2009, 2-3, p. 201-208
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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