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Der erstarrte Blick: Eine erkenntnistheoretische Kritik der Standardlehrbücher der Volkswirtschaftslehre

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Anhand von zwei führenden Lehrbüchern der Ökonomie wird erörtert, wie darin die Wahrnehmungs- und Erkenntnisweise von Studierenden einseitig geprägt, indem stillschweigend ein spezifisches Paradigma als einzig zulässige Sichtweise vermittelt wird. Damit wird auch die Theoriegeschichte der Ökonomie ausgeblendet, die Studierenden lernen nicht, sich systematisch mit konkreten Phänomenen der Wirtschaft auseinanderzusetzen. All das ist nicht allein ein Problem des akademischen Elfenbeinturms, sondern hat praktische Konsequenzen.

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  • Graupe, Silja, 2015. "Der erstarrte Blick: Eine erkenntnistheoretische Kritik der Standardlehrbücher der Volkswirtschaftslehre," Working Paper Serie des Instituts für Ökonomie Ök-12, Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung (HfGG), Institut für Ökonomie.
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    Keywords

    Lehrbücher der Ökonomie; Neoklassik; Wissenschaftstheorie; Unterrichtspraktiken;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • B13 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian)
    • B21 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Microeconomics
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology

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