Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics
This paper describes my experiences designing and teaching a course for 3rd year commerce students based around the lives and ideas of recent Nobel Laureates in economics. Most of these experiences have been positive: they have provided me with some insights into students' perceptions of mainst...
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| description | This paper describes my experiences designing and teaching a course for 3rd year commerce students based around the lives and ideas of recent Nobel Laureates in economics. Most of these experiences have been positive: they have provided me with some insights into students' perceptions of mainstream economics; what students would like to learn more about in economics; and the way in which big ideas can be presented in useful and meaningful ways. These insights are likely to have relevance to other teachers of economics, working in a range of different contexts. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-292652017-01-30T13:11:37Z Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics Austen, Siobhan Economic theory Nobel Prize This paper describes my experiences designing and teaching a course for 3rd year commerce students based around the lives and ideas of recent Nobel Laureates in economics. Most of these experiences have been positive: they have provided me with some insights into students' perceptions of mainstream economics; what students would like to learn more about in economics; and the way in which big ideas can be presented in useful and meaningful ways. These insights are likely to have relevance to other teachers of economics, working in a range of different contexts. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29265 The University of Queensland restricted |
| spellingShingle | Economic theory Nobel Prize Austen, Siobhan Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics |
| title | Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics |
| title_full | Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics |
| title_fullStr | Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics |
| title_short | Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics |
| title_sort | big ideas in economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in economics |
| topic | Economic theory Nobel Prize |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29265 |