Teaching Economics to Undergraduates: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184064270X ISBN 13: 9781840642704

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This book demonstrates alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates the teaching of economics, providing a range of innovative teaching techniques and examples aimed at engaging undergraduates in the learning of economics.

The editors provide a brief history of the teaching of economics in higher education, as well as a review of current undergraduate teaching practices. Some of the field's leading educators then demonstrate alternative practices in three main sections: 'Active and Cooperative Learning', 'Writing, the Internet, and Discovery Through Sampling', and 'Examples from the World Around Us'. The topics in the twelve chapters of the book have been carefully selected based on their high potential for adoption by other instructors. Detailed, 'hands-on' examples are included within each chapter, illustrating how suggested approaches can be used in different courses and classroom situations at the undergraduate level. Also included are lists of 'Dos' and 'Dont's' to guide instructors through the successful implementation of activities.

This book will be of great practical value to teachers of economics as well as administrators responsible for undergraduate instruction.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by William E. Becker, Professor of Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, US, Adjunct Professor, School of Commerce, University of South Australia and Editor, Journal of Economic Education and Editor, Economic Research Network Educator and the late Michael Watts, formerly Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Economic Education, Purdue University, US and Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Education With a Foreword by the late William J. Baumol

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184064270X
• ISBN 13: 9781840642704
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Becker William E., Watts Michael