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Economic education – Part 11: Patience is a virtue

Imagine you could choose how to have your lottery winnings paid out – would you like to...

Economic education – Part 10: Measurement problems

Watch out! If you answer the following question incorrectly, you may be deemed financially...

Economic education – Part 9: Harvard and co.

Predominantly male, white, foreign and from an affluent family with an academic background –...

Economic education – Part 8: Of teachers, economists and...

Does economic education influence the way people think and affect their political attitudes?...

Economic education – Part 7: All-clear given – for now

Does economic education make you more egoistic? No education programme, as far as I am aware,...

What is iconomix?

With iconomix, the Swiss National Bank (SNB)www.snb.ch/... aims to help improve the basic economic literacy of the population at large.

Although this web-based, modular teaching programme is intended for teachers of upper secondary schools, it is open to anyone interested in finding out more about the subject. It presents the basic principleshttp://www.iconomix.ch/en/service/educational-concept/basic-economic-principles/ and concepts of economics in a fun way.

  
  • «Attractive, original. Makes you want to know more.»Thomas Leu, teacher 
  • «The best thing about iconomix is that it offers interesting and attractive teaching units, which allow economic content to be conveyed in a different, more fun way.»Jean-Christophe Gindrat, teacher 
  • «Good website, attractive design, consistent look and feel.»EUGEN NOTTE, media didactics instructor 
  • «I can use the teaching units in the classroom just as they are.»Marc Gilomen, teacher 
  • «iconomix focuses on specific examples, everyday phenomena and current economic issues.»Rolf Weder, professor, University of Basel 
  • «I would like to thank the SNB for this excellent free programme.»Workshop participant, teacher 
  • «Games make learning so much fun.»Monica Glauser, teacher 
  • «A great, well-structured, easy-to-understand and appealing product.»Fred Greule, media didactics instructor 
  • «The teaching material and resources provided on the iconomix website are excellent. I’m confident that this tool will promote interest in and improve understanding of economic issues.»Claude Müller, Institut für Gymnasial- und Berufspädagogik (Institute for Teacher Education), University of Zurich 
  • «I’m really impressed with the great selection of useful and excellent resources.»Workshop participant, teacher 
  • «A very appealing and diverse website. Great for teaching economics in class.»Ulrich Illigen, teacher