Teaching Economics to Undergraduates
Subtitle: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk (Elgar Monographs)
Contributors: William E. Becker (Editor); Michael Watts (Editor)
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781858989723
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Teaching of a specific subject; Economics - General; Economics (General); Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; Business/Economics; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Education; Economics; Study and teaching (Higher)
Description: This book demonstrates alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates the teaching of economics, providing a range of innovative teaching techniques and examples aimed at engaging undergraduates in the learning of economics. This book will be of great practical value to teachers of economics as well as to administrators responsible for undergraduate instruction.