THEEE are obvious differences between the students in high schools or academies, studying elementary economics, and the older students engaged in collegiate or university work, in both maturity and ...

ECONOMISTS ARE keen fans of dynamism, but there are too few signs of it in economics teaching. A survey of American lecturers last year found that their methods, which rely on lectures and assigned ...

Recent pedagogical research in economics has increasingly emphasised the use of experiments and media to transform traditional instruction methods. This innovative approach combines interactive ...

This article describes Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics, a Web-based portal that makes innovative pedagogic resources and effective teaching practices easily accessible to economists.

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

Teaching techniques refer to the diverse array of strategies and methodologies employed by educators to engage students and facilitate effective learning experiences. What are some examples of ...

Don't touch the economy! Not all types of education have the same impact on society. Mathematics or language courses provoke little or no debate. Others, however, can quickly become controversial.

University of the Witwatersrand provides support as a hosting partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Are universities teaching the right kind of economics? Are they equipping students with the right kind ...

When economics faculty members at James Madison University received their annual evaluations this summer, some of them were taken aback. Had their teaching gotten much worse all of a sudden? Six ...