Teach Economics

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The Teach Economics podcast series features conversations between the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Economic Education team and thought leaders, innovators and high-profile economic educators. Topics range from trends in the field to why it’s important to teach economics. The series can be used as a resource for educators, and parents also may find it useful. (Views expressed are not necessarily those of the St. Louis Fed or Federal Reserve System.)

Épisodes

  1. 21 AOÛT

    John List: Inspiring Student Curiosity through Real-World Economics

    In this episode, University of Chicago professor John List shares his unique approach to teaching economics. Unlike traditional methods, List begins by exploring real-world questions that intrigue his students, using their interests to frame lessons on economic principles. He talks with St. Louis Fed Economic Education Officer Scott Wolla about how his own curiosity and experiences as a baseball card collector led him to economics. List also explains how he aims to inspire the same curiosity in his students, using field experiments and behavioral economics to help them better understand and apply complex economic concepts in their lives. His innovative teaching methods have made his course a hit at the University of Chicago, demonstrating the power of economic thinking in everyday life.

    33 min

  2. 1 JUIL.

    Gary Hoover: Teaching with Purpose

    Tulane University professor Gary Hoover shares how his personal journey to the field of economics shaped his teaching philosophy. Hoover also reflects on the mentors who changed his life, the importance of making economics real and relevant, and the responsibility educators have to meet students where they are. “Hoov,” as he’s known, talks with St. Louis Fed Economic Education Officer Scott Wolla about how economics isn’t just about markets—it’s about people—and how great teaching means equipping students with tools to answer their own questions.

    32 min

  3. 16 AVR.

    Wendy Stock: Harnessing Student Curiosity to Fuel Economic Education

    Wendy Stock, a professor of economics at Montana State University, doesn’t begin the first day of the semester reviewing a syllabus with her students. Rather, she asks them what topics in the world are the most important to them. Stock then uses their answers to frame lessons about how economics can help them better understand what they feel most affects their lives.   In this episode, Stock talks with St. Louis Fed Economic Education Officer Scott Wolla about how her own curiosity led her to economics and how she hopes harnessing her students’ curiosity will help them better grasp complicated topics.

    39 min

  4. 13 MARS

    Avi Cohen: If Students Only Take One Econ Course, What Should They Learn?

    Let’s say you’re writing a syllabus for the only economics class a student might ever take. What would you teach? That’s the question on the mind of Avi Cohen, a professor of economics at York University in Toronto, Canada. For Cohen, the answer lies in the literacy-targeted approach to teaching, which argues that it is more valuable for students to be able to apply core economic concepts well than to be exposed to a wide range of concepts they may soon forget.  In this episode, Cohen explains to St. Louis Fed Economic Education Officer Scott Wolla how this approach can help all students, even those who go on to pursue a career in economics.

    32 min

  5. 04/11/2024

    Annamaria Lusardi: How Lessons in Personal Finance Can Help Teach Economics

    In the latest episode of our Teach Economics podcast,  Annamaria Lusardi, faculty director of the Initiative for Financial Decision-Making at Stanford University, talks about her career journey and passion for teaching personal finance education. “When the tooth fairy comes is the time to talk about money,” she says. “Give a piggy bank to a child and you will instantly turn (the child) into a clever banker. I enjoy empowering people with the knowledge and skills that are so important today. I really do think I am empowering the student to be able to navigate the world around them.”

    34 min

  6. 18/10/2024

    Greg Mankiw: When Introducing Economics to Students, It Helps to Keep Things Simple

    When introducing economics to students, Harvard University economics professor Greg Mankiw says it helps to keep it simple. “Maybe they will only take one course in economics,” Mankiw says. “So the question is, for that student, what can you leave them with?” With that in mind, Mankiw wrote the hugely influential Principles of Economics more like a magazine than a traditional textbook. In this episode, Mankiw discusses his journey to the field and how down-to-earth language can unlock students’ understanding of complex economic concepts.

    30 min

  7. 11/04/2024

    Bill Goffe and Andrew Butler: How Understanding Brain Science Can Help You Teach Economics

    Would bringing brain science into your classroom help you teach economics? In this episode, Scott Wolla, economic education officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, explores that question. He’s joined by Bill Goffe, an economics teaching professor at Penn State University, and Andrew Butler, an associate professor of psychology and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Both educators say that applying even a little brain science to economics lessons can help unlock students’ learning potential.

    34 min

  8. 05/12/2023

    Professor Justin Wolfers: The Importance of Teaching Students to “Think Like an Economist”

    In this episode of Teach Economics, Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, talks to Scott Wolla, economic education officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, about how he found economics, why he loves teaching economics, and why it’s important to help students “think like an economist.”

    35 min

  9. 18/07/2023

    Sneak-a-nomics: How Creative Lesson Writing Starts with Teamwork

    In this third episode, Mary Suiter, former assistant vice president of economic education at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Mike Raymer, executive director of the Georgia Council for Economic Education, share their journeys and advice on writing lessons that bring economics to life for students in the classroom. They discuss how having a great community of fellow educators can help generate good ideas and make teaching and learning economics more enjoyable.

    15 min

  10. 12/01/2023

    Sneak-a-nomics: How to Unlock Economics Lessons with a Good Story

    In the second episode of Sneak-a-nomics, Bonnie Meszaros, associate director of the Center of Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware,  discusses what goes into writing engaging economics and personal finance lessons using children’s literature. Also hear from Erin Boettcher, a fifth grade teacher at Newark Charter School in Newark, Del., who shares how she makes economics and personal finance feel natural for her and her students.

    13 min

  11. 12/01/2023

    Sneak-a-nomics: Why Economics Lessons Engage Struggling Students

    In the first episode of Sneak-a-nomics, Erin Boettcher, a fifth grade teacher at Newark Charter School in Newark, Del., and Bonnie Meszaros, associate director of the Center of Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware, discuss the value of teaching economics and personal finance in the elementary school classroom as well as how you can “sneak” concepts such as saving, decision making, goods and services, productivity, and opportunity costs into the subjects you’re already teaching.

    27 min
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The Teach Economics podcast series features conversations between the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Economic Education team and thought leaders, innovators and high-profile economic educators. Topics range from trends in the field to why it’s important to teach economics. The series can be used as a resource for educators, and parents also may find it useful. (Views expressed are not necessarily those of the St. Louis Fed or Federal Reserve System.)

Informations

  • Création
    St. Louis Fed
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2025
  • Épisodes
    11
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Copyright
    © 2023
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