Author: ParamaChaudhury

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Economics Education seminar series for Term 1 2018-19 announced!

October 5, 2018

Happy beginning of the term! We’ve lined up two Economics Education Seminars to kick-start the new year. Please email the CTaLE programme administrator, Madeleine Adamson, if you would like to attend either. When/Where: Monday, 22nd October, 1-2pm at Malet Place Engineering Building 1.02 (co-hosted with UCL’s Centre for Engineering Education)Speaker: Dr. S. Raj Chaudhury (University … More Economics Education seminar series for Term 1 2018-19 announced!

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Economics Education Seminar Series

January 22, 2017

This term’s offerings have been finalized and can be found in the Economics Education Seminar Series poster. Anyone interested in economics education (or university education in general) is welcome to come, just drop us a line at the email address on the poster linked above to confirm your interest. Questions? Email us at ctale.ucl@gmail.com

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Economics Education

October 10, 2016

Our timetable for the seminar series for Term 1 of 2016/17 is up and ready! If you’re interested in teaching and learning, feel free to come! Questions? Email us at ctale.ucl@gmail.com

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Happy New (Academic) Year

October 7, 2016

It’s that time of the year again – our students started classes this week, while we old hands tried to remember what worked last year and what didn’t. Here at CTaLE, we have the usual buzz around our flagship projects – the First Year Challenge has already started, with Bloomsbury witnessing scores of fresh-faced students … More Happy New (Academic) Year

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“Teaching Economics as if the Real World Mattered”

June 24, 2016

One of the highlights of CTaLE’s trip to the American Economic Association’s annual Conference on Teaching and Research in Economics Education (CTREE) in Atlanta was a workshop organized with colleagues Alvin Birdi from Bristol University and Peter Matthews from Middlebury College. The workshop, titled “Teaching Introductory Economics As if The Real World Mattered”, was a … More “Teaching Economics as if the Real World Mattered”

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CTREE 2016

June 6, 2016

This past week my colleague, Christian Spielmann and I were in Atlanta in the US for the annual Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) organized by the American Economic Association. This conference brings together economics educators from around the world (though the majority are US-based) to present their scholarly work on teaching … More CTREE 2016