Teaching of Microeconomics with Local Wisdom: How?

Abstract

Microeconomic Learning in collage becomes course which complicates for some students in Indonesia. Low understanding of the microeconomic course makes student unhappiness with the course. Various methods have been conducted for making microeconomic learning to be more interesting for student but it is not easy to do. This research attempts to offer teaching method of microeconomics in collage with linking local wisdom in Indonesia to make student more interesting in microeconomic course. This research uses a literature review method with 24 articles of population published in International Journal, and the sample of this research is taken for purposive. Researchers choose 5 articles taken based on material discussing in the course, such as: price theory and market structure. The result based on the article referenced is the teaching of economics more interest and easily understood for student with linking the daily activity of student. The most important implication of the result is the student no more mistake for guessing demand curve, because it has been linked with the Indonesian culture which is shown when everyone asks a good with the right hand.