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######################################################################## Update - ######################################################################## To view this newsletter in a browser, visit: https://jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ECON-NETWORK;9fa52db8.1107p To ensure that this newsletter is delivered to your inbox, add [log in to unmask] to your address book. ######################################################################## In this Newsletter: * Developments in Economics Education Conference * The new science of learning and why students forget their economics so quickly * Case studies on teaching practice in Economics Departments * GTA workshps * Subscription Details ######################################################################## * Developments in Economics Education Conference * Bookings for the Economics Network’s Developments in Economics Education (DEE) conference are open and are filling up rapidly. Full programmes and online bookings are available online. DEE is running from the 5th-7th September 2011 at the London School of Economics. The conference spans over three days: 5th September – Key Contacts Conference designed for Key Contacts (representatives from Economics departments in the UK with an interest in Economics education) but is open to all academic staff. Includes sessions on Designing Induction Programmes and Using Games and Experiments 6th September – the Main DEE Conference. Sessions will include a mixture of keynotes, papers, posters and workshop sessions with a keynote from Diane Coyle. 7th September - Internationalisation Workshop. Attracting and supporting international students is an increasingly important aspect of higher education Economics: this workshop offers the opportunity to discuss, share and explore issues and practice to support internationalisation. READ MORE: http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/dee2011 * The new science of learning and why students forget their economics so quickly * A new case study by Donald T. Wargo and Olga Vilceanu of Temple University, Philadelphia is avaiable based upon their paper ‘The new science of learning and why students forget their economics so quickly’. The paper, presented at the AEA National Conference on Teaching Economics in Stanford earlier this year, looks at how changes made to their teaching practice narrowed the distribution of student grades and saw student evaluations increase substantially. READ MORE: http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/wargo_forgetting * Case studies on teaching practice in Economics Departments * The Economics Network is seeking to extend its Handbook for Economics Lecturers by adding a number of chapters examining the practices of Economics Departments/Units in the following areas: 1. Curriculum design and programme review 2. Assessment design and methods 3. Designing plagiarism out of assessment without imposing excessive marking costs on staff 4. Feedback to students 5. Student support at module and programme level 6. Supporting international students 7. Designing ab initio postgraduate degrees 8. Innovations to cope with large numbers of students 9. Creative uses of in-class technology 10. Incorporating studying online into a campus-based degree 11. Effective seminar practices and activities 12. Dealing with students’ diverse skills in maths and stats The intention is that the author of each chapter would include a number of case studies of economics departments to demonstrate how they were tackling the topic/issue of the chapter. It is expected that the author would visit the departments to establish the practices in each one. The chapter would then identify effective practices that would be useful for other departments to emulate. The author’s name would be displayed on the chapter. Each chapter would be approximately 10,000 to 15,000 words, for which the author would receive a payment of £4000. This fee would be expected to cover travelling expenses. The deadline for completion of the draft chapters is 31 October 2011. Expressions of interest with a brief outline of not more than 400 words should be sent by 15 July to the Economics Network at [log in to unmask] * GTA workshps * The Economics Network is pleased to announce its Autumn Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) workshop series. The workshops complement any generic-based institutional training delegates might receive (and in some institutions exempts attendees from parts of such training) and are facilitated by experienced economics lecturers. There are ten workshops planned across the UK. More details are available on the website. 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