"Teaching Financial Skills to Last a Lifetime"
"Teaching Financial Skills to Last a Lifetime"
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Economic Education & EconomicsWisconsin present
Download registration form. Register Today! Some of the most talented economic educators
The goal of this course is to present the knowledge and skills judged to be useful to opinion leaders such as journalists and broadcasters. The objectives of the course are to: 1. Identify and apply fundamental concepts and principles of economics that have widespread policy applications. 2. Recognize and apply basic principles and concepts in personal finance.
Highlights include: Mark Schug, Ph.d. Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Professor Schug directed the UW-Milwaukee Center for Economic Education for over 10 years. As the Center Director, he created several programs to enhance the economic and financial education of central-city Milwaukee youth and families which have been emulated across the nation. Professor Schug taught for 36 years at the middle school, high school, and university
levels. A prolific scholar, he has written and edited over 200 articles, books, and national curriculum materials. He
served as Senior Fellow with the National Council on Economic Education from 2002-2005. Professor Schug is a
consultant for several local, state and national organizations and is currently a Senior Fellow for the Wisconsin Policy
Research Institute. Professor Schug has spoken to local, state, and national groups throughout the United States and in 11 other countries. He has been quoted numerous times in local, state, and national news media. In 2006, he received
Governor Doyles’s Financial Literacy Award. He has received two national research awards. The most recent is the 2007
Henry H.Villard Award for Research from the National Council on Economic Education.
Donald R. Wentworth, Ph.d. Donald R. Wentworth is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Center for Economic Education at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. He was the Executive Director of the Washington Council on Economic Education and the Director of Environmental Education for Property Rights Research Center (PERC) in Montana for many years. He also spent 15 years as a faculty member for the Foundation for Teaching Economics. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and publications including the Freedom’s Foundation Leavey Award, the Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, and the National Council on Economic Education Leadership Award. Don has spent much of his career working with teachers from kindergarten to college, helping them teach economics. A widely sought presenter, he has done workshops and seminars for teachers in nearly every state in the union as well as in Great Britain, Italy and Bulgaria. He has taught economics at the secondary school and college levels, and is author and co-author of several books, scholarly articles and collections of economic lessons including numerous materials published by the National Council on Economic Education.
Registration
$65.00 registration fee The registration fee includes meals, wine and cheese reception, three textbooks and copies of all Power Point presentations on a CD. Travel expenses for up to $175.00, including mileage and lodging, will be reimbursed for participants outside of Kenosha , Milwaukee , Ozaukee, Racine , and Waukesha counties. A reimbursement form will be distributed at the conference; checks will be mailed within two to three weeks.
To register, submit the registration form along with a and check or purchase order to:
If supplying a purchase order or paying with a credit card, you may: Email your information Call 414-221-9785 Fax your information to 262-632-7389
Sponsored by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
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