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Feb. 9, 2010
Governor’s School Teaching the Art of Economics
By Bob Bouyea
Two small groups of students huddled together at opposite sides of the classroom, talking in hushed tones.
Much was at stake as they informally learned about proprietary information — the importance of not letting your competitors know what you’re up to.
As part of an elective three-week interim entrepreneurial course at the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, students got the opportunity to infuse economics and finance in the development of new products. Murray Brockman, president of the school, said this allows the student to think beyond the science and math needed to create a product and about the economics of manufacturing and selling the product.
Soon, all Governor’s School students will soon get the opportunity to gain this type of experience. The Economics and Finance Institute is being created at the Hartsville campus of the school, a residential high school for juniors and seniors who are gifted in science or math.
The school will officially announce this new program at the 18th annual Townes Award Dinner on March 3. For more information go online or call 803-252-9152. Boosted by a $1 million gift from the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation and a $200,000 gift from BB&T Foundation, the school is set to develop curriculum that infuses economics and finance into its core courses, Brockman said. “When they (the students) leave here, they have a high level of understanding of science and math. Economics should be the same way. It should be as natural as walking,” he said. “What we want to do is establish a concentration in economics and finance.”
The key to making it work is infusing economics into technology, science and math, Brockman said.
“Infusion is the key to having enough hours in a day to teach it all,” he said. |
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