Tag: students
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Note this, Students
I read with interest the post by the ever-excellent Eugene O’Loughlin on student note taking. He notes, pun intended a reluctance and resistance from students to taking notes, relying instead on the handed out powerpoints he creates.
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Graduate taxes, not student loans, for Ireland
Governments usually, and often quite correctly, come in for severe stick for lack of joined up thinking. In that regard it is quite pleasant to see the initiative from the Department of Social Protection on moneylenders. Linking repayment to credit union loans to welfare payments allows low risk in lending and thus low interest rates.…
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Is (teaching) Economics doing more harm than good?
Every September thousands of students enter into universities and institutes of higher education. A large number of these take some economics courses. Some 23% of all undergraduates are enrolled in social science/business/Law courses, where at least some introductory economics is very common. Economists also typically teach courses such as statistics, or introductory mathematics for social scientists. And…