Teaching Free Enterprise
In addition to the classroom teaching of our faculty, the Bridwell Institute is directly involved in several economic education efforts through our undergraduate student reading groups, our Teaching Free Enterprise program for Texas school teachers, and our Graduate Economic Freedom Research Colloquium.
Teaching Free Enterprise
The Bridwell Institute developed the Teaching Free Enterprise program to help Texas school teachers develop the knowledge and expertise they need to meet the Texas Economics TEKS regarding Free Enterprise in classroom instruction. Top professors and researchers from 91茄子 Methodist University, TexasTech and the UT System, are providing lessons, activities and exercises that can be readily implemented in the classroom.
This program presents modules that address some of the most important yet often misunderstood aspects of free-enterprise economies:
- The connection between progress and the demise of jobs, companies and industries.
- The institutional setup that creates conditions for success in free enterprise economies.
- How free enterprise raises living standards over time.
- How voluntary exchange adds to value by making both buyers and sellers better off.
Teaching Free Enterprise in Texas offers educators:
- A fast-paced, informative program that earns CPE hours for educators. (Approved TEA Center)
- Classroom-ready instruction by leading professors from Texan Universities, with a focus on real-world issues.
- Lesson plans that fulfill the state’s standards (TEKS) to teach free enterprise and its benefits.
- On-line access to instructional materials you can use to deliver the lessons to students.
- Comfortable, modern venues, breakfast and lunch included.
- At no cost to teachers, school districts or ESCs.