Tutors' Guides in Principles (General)
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.
This panel at the LSE brings together four leading economists to debate whether the economics being taught to students was responsible for the widespread failure to predict the timing and magnitude of the events that unfolded in 2008 and to discuss what changes in the economics curriculum and the way that it is delivered are desirable. The panel comprises: Geoffrey Hodgson is Professor of Business Studies, University of Hertfordshire, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics, Albert Marcet is Professor of Economics, LSE. Paul Ormerod is from Volterra Consulting and John Sutton is Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE. The mp3 file lasts about 90 minutes.
Commanding Heights is a three-part television series and a content-rich companion website. This extensive site offers resources for students, teachers, and the public-at-large. It was produced by PBS, the US publicly-funded broadcasting service. The site provides a guide to globalisation, trade and economic development. There is a timeline of key events since 1911, and a storyline of the three two-hour episodes of the TV programme. There are transcripts of interviews with people who are involved with or comment on economics, e.g. Naomi Klein. The Ideas section of the site looks at theories or phenomena like Reaganomics, the British Welfare State, the Chicago School, Marxist economics and Keynesian Economic Theory. The Resources page has a list of websites and a bibliography of books, for further research. An online educators' guide is available on the site, with a short video describing the site's key features.
This 22-page PDF paper offers advice on teaching economic literacy, from 2002. It uses as its focus the teaching of economic principles in the college environment - looking at applicable standards, how to update teaching and learning approaches and also contains a bibliography of further reading.
This brief guide to writing for economics by Deirdre McCloskey gives 15 top tips for students advising them to keep their prose brief and to the point.
