Jason Welker
"There are three times as many pupils taking psychology A-level as economics and almost twice as many taking A-level media studies. Sport and physical exercise and the expressive arts are now bigger subjects at A-level than economics."
What's happening to my favorite subject area in the UK? It appears that economics education and the number of teachers going into economics is on the decline.
Why? It's not exactly clear, but the simple answer seems to be, "It's difficult, so students are chosing not to study it". That's unfortunate, especially in an age when economics lies at the root of so many of our world's social political and environmental issues.
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