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Economics

Edith Cowan University

Conference

2013

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Teacher As 'Learner': A Case Study Of Teaching International Economics And Finance, Margaret Giles Feb 2013

Teacher As 'Learner': A Case Study Of Teaching International Economics And Finance, Margaret Giles

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How lucky are we to be teaching economics at this time? Discussions enrich our honours and postgraduate teaching programmes which have always been delivered beyond the textbook. But what about our undergraduate programmes in economics? Can we break away from the prescribed text and engage more fully with contemporary debate? Can our undergraduates also be encouraged to think like economists? In 2009 we have an ideal opportunity to eschew the standard textbook based approach to undergraduate economics teaching. This paper highlights a case study in which a third year unit in international economics and finance fed into School, Faculty and …