e need new ways of looking at economics. Recognising the need for non-economists to have basic economics training, the LSE created a foundations course called LSE100 a few years back. Designed to strengthen students’ understanding of social science thinking, the course uses a series of three-week modules to explore topics such as the financial crisis and how to measure poverty. It uses teaching staff from various disciplines, which has the advantage of training for pre-and post-docs who teach economics but are not necessarily economists. They think in terms of their own subject and can provide more relevant examples for measuring things and interpreting graphs. They also focus more on outcomes and takeaways. Economists have a lot to learn from their non-economist peers. Bring them into your classrooms – have them evaluate your teaching and provide a different perspective on what you might be able to do better. Use them to test whether or not you are achieving your learning outcomes and if the activities you use are successful.
Students should be excited about what they are learning. This doesn’t just mean jumping up and down on tables and chairs in order to breathe life into their faces. In the Economics Network workshop, we simulated various games for the classroom, including “Deal or no Deal” to demonstrate how probability works. The Economics Network has dozens of examples: everything from running a virtual economy to international trade and climate change. They are both educational and fun, if the teacher effectively links the learning outcomes to the results of the game. In the LSE100 course, we use a simple public goods game to demonstrate how difficult it is to get an agreement on climate change: students consistently chose to benefit themselves over others, which I guess speaks to the competitive culture for which LSE is so well known.
e need new ways of looking at economics. Recognising the need for non-economists to have basic economics training, the LSE created a foundations course called LSE100 a few years back. Designed to strengthen students’ understanding of social science thinking, the course uses a series of three-week modules to explore topics such as the financial crisis and how to measure poverty. It uses teaching staff from various disciplines, which has the advantage of training for pre-and post-docs who teach economics but are not necessarily economists. They think in terms of their own subject and can provide more relevant examples for measuring things and interpreting graphs. They also focus more on outcomes and takeaways. Economists have a lot to learn from their non-economist peers. Bring them into your classrooms – have them evaluate your teaching and provide a different perspective on what you might be able to do better. Use them to test whether or not you are achieving your learning outcomes and if the activities you use are successful.
Students should be excited about what they are learning. This doesn’t just mean jumping up and down on tables and chairs in order to breathe life into their faces. In the Economics Network workshop, we simulated various games for the classroom, including “Deal or no Deal” to demonstrate how probability works. The Economics Network has dozens of examples: everything from running a virtual economy to international trade and climate change. They are both educational and fun, if the teacher effectively links the learning outcomes to the results of the game. In the LSE100 course, we use a simple public goods game to demonstrate how difficult it is to get an agreement on climate change: students consistently chose to benefit themselves over others, which I guess speaks to the competitive culture for which LSE is so well known.
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