DISRUPT Course (Critical Economic Literacy)
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Welcome to the DISRUPT course
On Boarding - Rhythm and Pacing of Course
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Economics is for Everyone
Module 1 - Economics and The Price Mechanism
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What is Economics all about? (hint: it is not about money)
The Invisible Hand?
History of Western Economic Thought
f2f Session 1 - January 14th 8pm Beijing time
Your CEL Application Project
Reflection 1 - How have I benefited from the price mechanism?
References
Extension Material
Module 2 - Economics Over the Ages
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An Introduction to neoliberalism (Harvey, 2005)
Neoliberalism the ideology at the root of all our problems (Monbiot, 2016)
Quick overview of neoliberalism
A more dramatic telling of the neoliberal narrative
f2f Session 2 - 21st Jan 8pm Beijing time
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Reflection 2: Explain what neoliberalism means to you. Describe 1 way you see neoliberalism evidenced in your life or in our world.
References
Extension Material
Module 3 - When Pricing Fails: Externalities
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What Causes the Price Mechanism to Fail?
How are Externalities Usually Corrected? The Pigouvian Tax
f2f Session 3 - 28th Jan 8pm Beijing time
Reflection 3 - What are the consequences of not paying the true price on goods and services we consume?
References
Extension Material
Module 4 - The Labour Market
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What is a Minimum Wage? Does it protect or hurt workers?
How did Nobel Prize winning Economist, David Card, Challenge Conventional Economic Assumptions?
23 Things They Do Not Tell You About Capitalism - Interview with Prof Chang
f2f Session 4 - 4th Feb 8pm Beijing Time
Reflection 4 - What is one of my own economic assumption about labour? How does the labour market advantage some while disadvantaging others?
References
Extension Material
Module 5 - The Gross Domestic Product
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What is the GDP and how is it derived? How is GDP helpful? Problematic?
Who is Freire and What is "Banking" Education?
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Chapter 2
CEL Project Template.pptx
f2f Session 5 - 11th Feb 8pm Beijing time
Reflection 5 - What are the ways I have been “banked” in my education that creates a sense of unbridled faith in the GDP?
References
Extension Material
Module 6 - A Linear Economy in a Resource Scarce World
The Story of Stuff
Why the Doughnut Matters? Doughnut Economics
Biomimicry in Action
f2f Session 6 - 4th March 8pm Beijing Time
Reflection 6 - Economists have gotten their own story wrong…what is an incoherence in my own professional field and what implication(s) does this has or can have? (even better if there’s economic incoherence eg.art as expression of beauty/truth but how its expressions are being commodified and falsified?)
References
Extension Material
Module 7: The Velvet Cage and Need for An Alternate Criticality - CEL
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Why We Need An Alternate Criticality?
The Way Forward in our Neoliberalized World - Critical Economic Literacy
f2f Session 7 - 11th March 8pm Beijing Time
Reflection 7 - What is my role in being and nurturing Critical Global Citizens while dismantling the Velvet Cage of neoliberalism?
References
Extension Material
Module 8: Project Presentations - Let's DISRUPT!
CEL Project Sample - CEL in Physics.pptx
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Your Project Submissions
f2f Session 7 18th March 8pm Beijing Time
CEL f2f Session 8.mp4
So What is CEL?
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DISRUPT Thinking Routine
Final Reflections
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Final Reflections
Resources for Further Exploraton
Ellis et al (2019) Teacher Education and the Germ (Global Education Reform Movement)
Klees (2020) Beyond neoliberalism: Reflections on capitalism
McCarthy (2011) The Unmaking of Education in the Age of Globalization, Neoliberalism and Information
Grace Lee Boggs (2012) The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century
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DISRUPT Course (Critical Economic Literacy)
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Discussions
🎉
Welcome to the DISRUPT course
On Boarding - Rhythm and Pacing of Course
📽️
Economics is for Everyone
Module 1 - Economics and The Price Mechanism
📽️
What is Economics all about? (hint: it is not about money)
The Invisible Hand?
History of Western Economic Thought
f2f Session 1 - January 14th 8pm Beijing time
Your CEL Application Project
Reflection 1 - How have I benefited from the price mechanism?
References
Extension Material
Module 2 - Economics Over the Ages
🎫
An Introduction to neoliberalism (Harvey, 2005)
Neoliberalism the ideology at the root of all our problems (Monbiot, 2016)
Quick overview of neoliberalism
A more dramatic telling of the neoliberal narrative
f2f Session 2 - 21st Jan 8pm Beijing time
🪞
Reflection 2: Explain what neoliberalism means to you. Describe 1 way you see neoliberalism evidenced in your life or in our world.
References
Extension Material
Module 3 - When Pricing Fails: Externalities
📽️
What Causes the Price Mechanism to Fail?
How are Externalities Usually Corrected? The Pigouvian Tax
f2f Session 3 - 28th Jan 8pm Beijing time
Reflection 3 - What are the consequences of not paying the true price on goods and services we consume?
References
Extension Material
Module 4 - The Labour Market
📽️
What is a Minimum Wage? Does it protect or hurt workers?
How did Nobel Prize winning Economist, David Card, Challenge Conventional Economic Assumptions?
23 Things They Do Not Tell You About Capitalism - Interview with Prof Chang
f2f Session 4 - 4th Feb 8pm Beijing Time
Reflection 4 - What is one of my own economic assumption about labour? How does the labour market advantage some while disadvantaging others?
References
Extension Material
Module 5 - The Gross Domestic Product
📽️
What is the GDP and how is it derived? How is GDP helpful? Problematic?
Who is Freire and What is "Banking" Education?
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Chapter 2
CEL Project Template.pptx
f2f Session 5 - 11th Feb 8pm Beijing time
Reflection 5 - What are the ways I have been “banked” in my education that creates a sense of unbridled faith in the GDP?
References
Extension Material
Module 6 - A Linear Economy in a Resource Scarce World
The Story of Stuff
Why the Doughnut Matters? Doughnut Economics
Biomimicry in Action
f2f Session 6 - 4th March 8pm Beijing Time
Reflection 6 - Economists have gotten their own story wrong…what is an incoherence in my own professional field and what implication(s) does this has or can have? (even better if there’s economic incoherence eg.art as expression of beauty/truth but how its expressions are being commodified and falsified?)
References
Extension Material
Module 7: The Velvet Cage and Need for An Alternate Criticality - CEL
🎫
Why We Need An Alternate Criticality?
The Way Forward in our Neoliberalized World - Critical Economic Literacy
f2f Session 7 - 11th March 8pm Beijing Time
Reflection 7 - What is my role in being and nurturing Critical Global Citizens while dismantling the Velvet Cage of neoliberalism?
References
Extension Material
Module 8: Project Presentations - Let's DISRUPT!
CEL Project Sample - CEL in Physics.pptx
🎨
Your Project Submissions
f2f Session 7 18th March 8pm Beijing Time
CEL f2f Session 8.mp4
So What is CEL?
👓
DISRUPT Thinking Routine
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Final Reflections
Final Reflections
Resources for Further Exploraton
Ellis et al (2019) Teacher Education and the Germ (Global Education Reform Movement)
Klees (2020) Beyond neoliberalism: Reflections on capitalism
McCarthy (2011) The Unmaking of Education in the Age of Globalization, Neoliberalism and Information
Grace Lee Boggs (2012) The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century
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