Economic Education: An Effective Vehicle for Making International Connections

Abstract

This article describes and evaluates an international educational project involving K-12 and higher education faculty, students, and administration from South Dakota and Costa Rica. This project was implemented in order to create an economic education infrastructure in Costa Rica, link the new infra-structure to South Dakota schools, and develop a technology-based curriculum to be piloted in K-12 schools in South Dakota and Costa Rica. The article includes a project history, project description, evaluation of impact, and ‘lessons learned’. The project builds a model that has potential to be used in other countries, states, and subject areas.