UMKC Center for Economic Education
Primarily funded by the Cloud L. Cray Foundation and the Missouri Council on Economic Education with affiliation to the National Council for Economic Education. This program is sponsored by the UMKC School of Education.
Description
The UMKC Center for Economic Education is involved in a wide variety of activities to assist schools in promoting economic education in grades K-12. In addition to conducting research in the field of economic education, writing grant proposals for program funding, and designing and teaching economic courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, we also:
- Develop and maintain a Lending Library for economic education resources
- Design and conduct school building or district teacher in-service training workshops in economic education
- Design and develop K-12 economic education curricula
- Facilitate social studies curriculum mapping
- Provide consulting services with regard to appropriate institutional strategies and economic education resources for the K-12 grade levels
- Facilitate the development of school-business partnerships
If you are interested in any of these programs or would like to receive more information about what we do, who we are, or how we can help your K-12 programs in the area of economic education, please send us an email.
Services
- Training K-12 teachers and pre-service students in economics, content, and effective teaching methods
- Consulting with schools and districts to develop a spiraling economics curriculum and select appropriate instructional resources
- Produce K-12 economics teacher guides and websites
- Assist schools and districts in evaluating teacher and student achievement gains
- Conducting research on economic education
People
Gayle Voyles, Ph.D.
Director
voylesg@umkc.edu
Nadzeya Kardash, Ph.D.
Associate Director
kardashn@umkc.edu
Mary Barnhart, Administrative Assistant
Phone: (816) 235-2254
Email: barnhartm@umkc.edu