Star%ngPoint:PedagogicalResourcesforTeachingandLearningEconomics
MarkMaierGlendaleCommunityCollege(CA,USA)
CathyManducaSERC,CarletonCollege(MN,USA)
KimMarieMcGoldrickUniversityofRichmond(VA,USA)
Sco6SimkinsNorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversity(NC,USA)
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How did Starting Point get Started?
EarlierworkbySimkinsandMaier• FocusedonadapEnginnovaEonsacrossdisciplines
Needforreadilyaccessible,easy‐to‐usesetofresources
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What is Starting Point? Aneconomicpedagogicportalthatseeksto:
IntroduceeconomiststoinnovaEveteachingstrategies–withinandbeyondthedisciplines
Providetoolstointegrateandassessresearch‐basedteachingstrategiesinclassroomseWngs
PromotesharingofteachinginnovaEonsandexamplesimplemenEngtheseinnovaEons
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What is Starting Point?
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PedagogicModulesunderdevelopment(16):
Why use Starting Point?
CentrallocaEonforcomprehensivesetofpedagogicalresources
PromoEngtheconceptofa“teachingcommons”
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How can Instructors use Starting Point?
Learningaboutspecificpedagogictechniques Browsingtheteachingexampleslibrary
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What’s Different about Starting Point?
CentrallocaEonforresources Extensivepedagogictopiccoverage Developedininterdisciplinaryteams IntenEonallyadapEnginnovaEonsacrossdisciplines Dynamiclibraryofexamples Contentmanagementsystemframework(modularandshareable)
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Starting Point – An Example
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