Colleagues on the list may be interested to know about the following
handbook that has been produced for lecturers in Economics. Though
targeted at HE lecturers, there is a lot that may be of interest to
others as well. Please note that there is a free web version of the
handbook:

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Dear all

A new teaching resource for academic economists, launched this week, is
designed to remedy two of the critical barriers to improving teaching
practice: a lack of information and insufficient time to implement new
ideas.

The Handbook for Economics Lecturers has been devised and published by
Economics LTSN as part of its remit to support university teachers of
economics. The Handbook consists of 11 self-contained guides on various
aspects of teaching economics.

The concept behind the Handbook was to commission economists with
enthusiasm and expertise in a particular area of teaching and learning
to write an evidence-based guide that provides information and advice
in the context of the pressing time and resource constraints that all
academics face. The guides are intended to be accessible to new and
more experienced academics alike.

The Handbook is divided into 4 sections: Teaching, Assessment, Course
Design and Evaluation, with an additional Support section to come
later in the year. Individual guides focus on traditional practices such
as Lecturing and Seminars as well as more innovative techniques, such as
Problem-Based Learning and Virtual Learning Environments. An electronic
downloadable version of the Handbook and an online request form for
paper copies is available on the Economics LTSN Web site at:

http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/handbook/

UK HE departments/schools of economics will receive two complimentary
paper copies of the Handbook: one for the Head of Department/School and
one for the designated Economics LTSN contact. Further paper copies can
be requested from the centre. The subsidised price for the UK HE
community is GBP15 for the set or GBP2 for each guide, (otherwise it is
GBP40 for the set or GBP4 per guide).

Regards

Bhagesh

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Bhagesh Sachania, Information Officer,
Economics - LTSN,
Institute for Learning and Research Technology,
University of Bristol, 8-10 Berkeley Square,
Bristol, BS8 1HH,
United Kingdom

Tel : +44(0)117 928 7071
Fax: +44(0)117 928 7112
URL: http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/
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Andy Beharrell,
Biz/ed
Institute for Learning and Research Technology
8-10 Berkeley Square
Bristol BS8 1HH

Tel: 0117 928 7189

http://www.bized.ac.uk
http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk
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