Tutors' Guides in Applied Economics
"A curated selection of Financial Times articles mapped to CORE’s The Economy 1.0, The Economy 2.0, and Economy, Society, and Public Policy ebooks, as well as Edexcel A-level, Cambridge International AS and A levels, International Baccalaureate, and College Board AP qualifications." For each, it gives suggested assessment questions. The database of 164 articles can be browsed online or downloaded as an Excel file. Access requires an instructor login to the CORE site, which is free.
"A curated selection of The Economist articles mapped to CORE’s The Economy 1.0 and Economy, Society, and Public Policy ebooks, as well as Edexcel A-level qualification." Each article comes with suggested assessment questions. The database of 245 articles can be browsed online or downloaded as an Excel file. Access requires an instructor login to the CORE site, which is free.
A collection of short clips from the TV comedy "The Big Bang Theory" with tags and captions connecting them to economic topics. There is also a section with tutors' guides on activities for teaching various topics.
Video of a presentation given by Simon Halliday on 9 September 2010 at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Features material from Edward Tufte, Garr Reynolds, Larry Lessig and others in a discussion of presentation techniques, then proceeds to look at the use of music and music videos, film and technology in teaching. Also looks at some of the challenges that face a prospective teacher wishing to use technology in a country like South Africa and in a university like the University of Cape Town with large classes and high bandwidth costs.
