Interview with David Dieterle, President of the Michigan Council on Economics Education

This week we talk with David Dieterle, President of the Michigan Council on Economics Education (MCEE), an organization focused on providing leadership and promoting and strengthening economic education in our State.

When asked about the MCEE areas of focus David told us, "There's an old adage; Teachers can't teach what they don't know and students can't learn what they aren't taught, and so as a result a major focus of ours is the area of professional development."

David shares the councils vision of quality: "Quality in two ways; what I call squeaky clean economics' it's good sound fundamental, it's basic, and what every citizen young or old needs to have a proper understanding of our Economy and then along with that, is making sure that the programs are pedagogically sound; that there is a good educational base behind it."

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Interview with Mike Bernacchi and Paul Galbenski with America's Marketing High School

This week we talk with both Mike Bernacchi, Professor of the University of Detroit Mercy and Paul Galbenski, Instructor for Oakland Schools. Our topic is America's Marketing High School, a nationwide online business marketing curriculum which incorporates lectures, podcasts and materials that bring the impact of marketing and advertising to life using current events such as the Olympics and the Super Bowl.

The Web based Curriculum is available for free at www.americasmarketinghighschool.org and also at iTunes U in the MI Learning portal. Comprised of 10 - 15 minute Podcasts, the Mike-roScope Newsletter and Economic and Advertising Modules, this content is current events focused and free for use.

When asked who the curriculum was focused on, Paul Galbenski advised, "Certainly one of the key components would be all of your business, your marketing, your advertising, your media teachers that they have at the k-12 district ... but over the time that this has evolved, we've also had the mathmatical departments, we've had some people that teach statistics that were involved with this..."

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