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Paying the Bills Is Not Just Theory: Service Learning about a Living Wage

Economics Department, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA, nbanks{at}bucknell.edu

Geoffrey Schneider

Economics Department, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA, gschnedr{at}bucknell.edu

Paul Susman

Geography Department, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA, susman{at}bucknell.edu

This article discusses how to combine service learning, and specifically a living wage research project, with radical political economy-based undergraduate economics courses to promote critical thinking, civic engagement, and active learning in students. The authors explore how instructors can integrate service learning into the teaching of political economy. In addition, the article describes the authors’ experiences with living wage projects that they have implemented. The article makes the argument that the combination of experiential learning and political economics enriches the course experience for students significantly, leaving a much more lasting impression on students than a standard economics class.

Key Words: service learning • living wage • political economy • teaching economics • pedagogy

Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 37, No. 3, 346-356 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0486613405279034


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