About Course
Tired of economic stories that promise growth, efficiency, and well-being—yet leave us facing cascading global crises and a sense of paralysis? It does not have to be this way. DISRUPT introduces you to the economic ideas shaping today’s world and equips you with Critical Economic Literacy to recognize, question, and disrupt them. Together, we move beyond critique to reimagine and practice an Economics of Hope—one grounded in justice, regeneration, and collective flourishing. Join a global community of DISRUPTors—educators, professionals, and activists—already working to build a regenerative future. The question is not whether change is needed, but whether you will help lead it. Register and join our next cohort. DISRUPT is an 8-week, college-level course requiring approximately 3-4 hours per week, culminating in a practical capstone project that you can use in your professional life. Fall Cohort Sept – Nov Spring Cohort April – June
Course Content
Welcome to DISRUPT
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Welcome to DISRUPT
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Let’s Get to Know Each Other
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How DISRUPT Course Works
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Take a Peek – Sample Projects
So What is CEL?
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What is Critical Economic Literacy ?
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Success: DISRUPT in action (teaser)
Module 1 – Economics and The Price Mechanism
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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What is Economics all about? (hint: it is not about money)
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The Invisible Hand?
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Explore this website
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Andreotti: Socially Sanctioned Ignorance
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f2f Session 1 – July 1 8pm Beijing time
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f2f Session 1 回放
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Reflection 1 – How have I benefited from the price mechanism?
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References
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Extension Material
11:21
For China Participants
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Materials from Module 1
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Materials for Module 2
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Materials for Module 3
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Materials for Module 4
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Materials for Module 5
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Materials for Module 6
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Materials for Module 7
Module 2 – How Neoliberalism Became Invisible
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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Neoliberalism: The ideology at the root of all our problems (Monbiot, 2016)
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An Introduction to neoliberalism (Harvey, 2005)
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Quick overview of neoliberalism
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A more dramatic telling of the neoliberal narrative
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f2f Session 2 – 8 July 8pm Beijing time
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f2f Session 2 回放
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Reflection 2: Explain what neoliberalism means to you. Describe 1 way you see neoliberalism evidenced in your life or in your context.
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References
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Extension Material
Module 3 – When the Market Can’t See What It’s Doing
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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What Causes the Price Mechanism to Fail?
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How are Externalities Usually Corrected? The Pigouvian Tax
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CEL Project Idea – The Age of Carbon
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CEL Project Template – Due Week 5
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f2f Session 3 – 15 July 8pm Beijing time
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f2f Session 3 回放
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Reflection 3 – What will our society look like when we pay the true price of goods and services? Name one externality inside your own school/context — what is the true price nobody is paying? (200 words)
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References
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Extension Material
Module 4 – The Labour Market
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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What is a Minimum Wage? Does it protect or hurt workers?
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How did Nobel Prize winning Economist, David Card, Challenge Conventional Economic Assumptions?
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Co-operative: A Different Way of Valuing Labour
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f2f Session 4 – 22 July 8pm Beijing Time
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f2f Session 4 回放
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Reflection 4 – What is one of my own economic assumptions about labour? How does the labour market advantage some while disadvantaging others — including in my own school/context?
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DISRUPT Project Sample – Short story: Undergrowth Protocol
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References
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Extension Material
10:42
Module 5 – The Gross Domestic Product
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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The Cyclist is DIsaster for the Economy
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What is the GDP and how is it derived? How is GDP helpful? Problematic?
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Who is Freire and What is “Banking” Education?
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Chapter 2
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DISRUPT the GDP
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f2f Session 5 – 29 July 8pm Beijing time
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f2f Session 5 回放
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Reflection 5 – Is it possible to have ‘neutral’ education? Reflect on how your education shaped your faith in the GDP — whose values were promoted? What has neoliberalism got to do with it?
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CEL Project Draft (Due 31st July)
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References
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Extension Material
Module 6 – Getting the Story Wrong
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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The Story of Stuff
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Why the Doughnut Matters? Doughnut Economics
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f2f Session 6 – 5 Aug 8pm Beijing Time
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Reflection 6: Economists got their own story wrong — endless growth on a finite planet. DISRUPT one product or practice using Incoherence and Unintended Consequences. Where does your own school/context pursue endless growth while its resources are finite?
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References
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Extension Material
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Project Feedback for Peers
Please upload your feedback here for your peers by 18th Aug
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Project Feedback for Peers
Module 7 – Escaping from The Velvet Cage?
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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What does “Critical” Mean?
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The Way Forward in our Neoliberalized World – Critical Economic Literacy
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f2f Session 7 – 22 Aug 8pm Beijing Time
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Reflection 7 – What has been my role in this Velvet Cage of neoliberalism? What role do I want to play?
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References
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Extension Material
Module 8 – Project Presentations – Let’s DISRUPT!
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About this lesson
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Whiteboard
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Your Project Submissions
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f2f Session 8 29 Aug 8 – 9:30pm Beijing Time
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Post DISRUPT course suvery
Resources for Further Exploraton
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Global Citizenship Education Interview Series (Ho, 22 May 2026)
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Ellis et al (2019) Teacher Education and the Germ (Global Education Reform Movement)
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Klees (2020) Beyond neoliberalism: Reflections on capitalism
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McCarthy (2011) The Unmaking of Education in the Age of Globalization, Neoliberalism and Information
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Grace Lee Boggs (2012) The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century
Join the Wonder movement – Participating in the Healing of our World
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Congratulations on your successful completion of your DISRUPT course!
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What’a After DISRUPT?
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