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Active learning practices for the Buddhist economics course: some positive results

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  • Wanna Prayukvong

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The objective of this paper is to observe the responsiveness of students to active learning within a Buddhist economics course. After a brief introductory section, the second section of this paper explains Buddhist economics; the third section presents our Buddhist economics course in brief; the fourth section considers the nature of active learning and classroom research within the contextual pedagogy of Buddhist economics; the fifth reports the empirical findings of this study and the paper ends with a short conclusions. Students provided positive feedback and noted their increased understanding, which may be thought close to Buddhist wisdom (pañña) transcending the duality of objective truth.

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  • Wanna Prayukvong, 2014. "Active learning practices for the Buddhist economics course: some positive results," International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(3), pages 256-266.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijplur:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:256-266
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