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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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  • Giving Thanks

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 09:45

    Happy Thanksgiving to all! In between cooking, eating, football and moaning about how full you are, if you happen to sit down at your computer, here are a few things I read recently that you might find interesting...Tim Harford suggests that gift car...

  • Why didn\'t I think of that?

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 09:40 in ideas for teaching econ

    In my Economics for Teachers class, the last third of the semester is being spent with the class doing group presentations. Each group was assigned a broad topic (e.g., fiscal policy, exchange rates, etc.) and must write a lesson plan and then 'teach...

  • 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 ...

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