DUSTY textbooks, complex charts and endless bullet points are turning students off economics.
Research commissioned by the Enterprise Library, an interactive learning company, found that teaching methods on economics courses are firmly rooted in the past.
“Theories are fine for explaining general trends, but some of them were thought up in the 19th century,” an economics student comments in The Times Higher Education Supplement (June 16).
Better use should be made of case studies to ensure that the subject remains relevant, the study suggests.
Researchers also want to see more personalised and interactive teaching methods if economics is to shake off its boring image as “purely about making money”.