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Economics for Teachers

http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com

An economist with a passion for teaching, I write about teaching economics at both the college and high-school level, but I also write a lot about economics as a field, and teaching in general.

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  • Why I love my job

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 20:12 in Personal

    Academics complain a lot. Actually, I don't know that academics complain more than people in other occupations but maybe it just seems to me like we complain a lot, considering most of us purport to love our jobs. So in honor in November being the mo...

  • Fiscal policy discussion starter

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 14:55 in economics for teachers course, ideas for teaching econ

    It isn't often that I talk about macro but I had just finished reading a lesson plan on fiscal policy from students in my Econ for Teachers class when I saw this post from tutor2u about this chart:This struck me as a great way to introduce the topic ...

  • Starting Point project

    Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 10:08

    Many readers of this blog are familiar with the AEA's Teaching Innovations Program (TIP). Although the original grant for that program is coming to a close, many of the folks who brought us TIP are hoping to continue their work. Part of that will be ...

  • Useful site

    Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 15:57 in Web 2.0, nuts and bolts, ideas for teaching econ

    Mankiw has a blog map to complement his textbook. As the author himself explains:Go to the blog map and click on the chapter you are teaching. The blog map will give you a list of recent blog posts related to the material in that chapter. If that is ...

  • Choose-Your-Own Assignment

    Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 16:40 in ideas for teaching econ, large lecture

    I'm trying something new this semester (again). Throughout the semester, I am giving my students 'optional' assignments - optional in the sense that they don't have to do every single one but they do have to do two over the course of the semester. I'...

  • The governor is an idiot

    Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 12:15 in Personal, political, edpolicy

    Most every other blog related to economics is talking this morning about the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics going to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson for their work in institutional economics. But since I know nothing about these folks, that's ...

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