2009-04-30T09:10:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-25T16:21:00.000-07:00

SESSION SLIDES
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2009-04-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

AGENDA

8:00 – 8:45 Registration and Exhibits
Registration & Exhibits
Continental breakfast served

8:45 – 9:00 Introduction & Welcome – 400 B & C
Sourushe Zandvakili, Head, Department of Economics, University of Cincinnati
Kate Geraghty & Sarah Dorger, Worth Publishers

9:00 – 10:00 Teaching the Dynamic Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply model – 400 B & C
Tyler Cowen, Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics, Department of Economics, George Mason University

BREAK

10:15 – 11: 30 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

Workshop A: Using Culture to Teach Economics
Tyler Cowen, Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics, Department of Economics, George Mason University
400 B

Workshop B: Teaching the Theory of Market Efficiency Efficiently
Moderator: Jose J. Vazquez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
400 C

11:30 – 12:05 TEACHING FORUMS
1. Teaching Principles of Microeconomics: Content and Presentation
TUC 400 B

2. Teaching Principles of Macroeconomics: Content and Presentation
TUC 400 C

3. Teaching Principles of Economics: Assessment
TUC 415

4. The Evolving Classroom: Teaching Today's Students
TUC 419

12:15 – 12:45 Luncheon – Great Hall

12:45 – 1:45 Keynote Address – Great Hall
The Return of Depression Economics
Paul R. Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics

2:00 - 3:15 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

Session C: Playing Games: Teaching Game Theory to Majors and Non-Majors
Joe Harrington, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
400 B

Session D: Moving beyond Pencil and Paper: Interactivity, Teaching, and Students in the 21st Century
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Jose J. Vazquez, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
400 C

BREAK

3:30 – 4:30 The Current Financial Crisis – 400 B & C
Laurence Ball, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

4:30 – 4:45 Concluding Remarks – 400 B & C
Sourushe Zandvakili, University of Cincinnati
Kate Geraghty & Sarah Dorger, Worth Publishers

4:45 – 6:30 Cocktail Reception – Great Hall/Terrace
All attendees welcome

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