2.4.1. Reading and Writing

The Reading step had the purpose of introducing humanistic economics to students and encouraging them to reflect on values, such as trust and reciprocity, as essential features of sustainable cooperation. Students were provided with a broad list of books related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set up by the United Nations in its Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012. From that list, the student chose at least one and, close to the end of the term, submitted online a comprehensive summary of his readings. Such summaries were eventually shared and discussed within the group of students in the Discussion step.

Regarding trust and reciprocity as social values necessary to preserve societies, the second part allowed students to experience the application of these values by making decisions. Next, we describe in detail the Experimental part of the activity.
