Description
While the content of the typical undergraduate economics course has remained stable in recent decades, computers have become more powerful, easier to use, and as common as pencil and paper. In spite of these developments, teaching methods in the classroom remain virtually unchanged, with chalk-and-talk the dominant mode of delivery. This two-day, in-person professional development workshop will demonstrate how to utilize Excel and active learning techniques to teach economics and business. Participants will gain pedagogical knowledge and skills applicable to a variety of subfields and courses at different levels, enabling enhancement of existing courses and creation of new materials and content.
The workshop is designed to provide both ready-to-go classroom material and tools that can be used to generate your own examples and content. You can test drive a single application and gradually expand your teaching repertoire. This is an ideal, low-cost way to improve and re-energize a course you have taught many times or to create an entirely new course.
Individual lectures, lab modules, or entire courses can be reworked and updated, including flipping the classroom. Each day concludes with time for participants to explore workbooks and ideas on their own, with consultation if needed.
Target Audience: Economics and Business Faculty
Anyone actively teaching Economics or Business courses is welcome and will benefit from the innovative applications and pedagogical strategies showcased in this workshop.
Bio
Dr. Barreto is interested in using computers (especially Microsoft Excel) to improve the teaching and learning of economics. He is the Q. G. Noblitt Professor of Economics and Management at DePauw University and has published papers and books on pedagogy, including (with Frank M. Howland) Introductory Econometrics using Monte Carlo Simulation with Microsoft Excel (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Intermediate Microeconomics with Microsoft Excel (Cambridge University Press, 2009) -- now freely open-access -- and Teaching Macroeconomics with Microsoft Excel (Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2016). He has been a Fulbright Scholar, won several teaching awards, and has presented the materials used in this workshop at many colleges and universities around the world.
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Questions and Registration
Email hbarreto@depauw.edu if you have questions or would like further information about this workshop.
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