A Presentation-Based Course in Sports Economics

Sports economics is a course that confronts a conundrum that can be addressed well with an active learning strategy. Students find a course in sports economics appealing and enter the course with enthusiasm, but expect to spend the term discussing sports, not economics, and often fail to recognize d...

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Published in:International advances in economic research 2015-11, Vol.21 (4), p.361-377
Main Author: Fizel, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active learning
Analysis
College basketball
College sports
Economic analysis
Economic Growth
Economic statistics
Economic theory
Economics
Economics and Finance
Economics education
Education policy
Educational objectives
International Economics
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Microeconomics
Professional baseball
Professional basketball
Professional sports
Soccer
Social science education
Sports
Sports facilities
Students
Studies
Study and teaching
Teaching methods
United States
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Summary:Sports economics is a course that confronts a conundrum that can be addressed well with an active learning strategy. Students find a course in sports economics appealing and enter the course with enthusiasm, but expect to spend the term discussing sports, not economics, and often fail to recognize differences between popular press information and economic knowledge. This paper explains how the use of a presentation-based sports economics course can be successful at maintaining student interest while promoting economic analysis. The active learning approach of a presentation-based course is also shown to be consistent with fundamental learning principles that generate successful learning outcomes.
ISSN:1083-0898
1573-966X
DOI:10.1007/s11294-015-9542-z