Extended case study: Using Tutorials in the Development of Economics and Management Thinking Skills

This study attempts to present a framework for developing students' thinking skills in the context of economics and management. The framework seeks to develop study skills learning skills and synthetic analysis model-based reasoning judgement critical skills and promote double-loop learning.

The first part of the paper places this framework in the wider literature by discussing some issues about education in economics and management. The second section presents the framework while the third section discusses issues related to the tutorial-based teaching methodology used by the framework. The fourth section offers preliminary results and lessons learned in teaching economics and management and the final section draws conclusions.