Subject: Using SD to Teach Economics

Posted by David Wheat on 5/24/2007

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Dear Colleagues:

During the System Dynamics Society conference in Boston, the Economics Chapter will hold a Roundtable discussion on “Teaching Economics with SD.” Everyone is invited to attend.

The Roundtable will highlight current initiatives that involve application of SD modeling and/or conceptual thinking in economics courses. Those of us in the Chapter are aware of some of those initiatives, but we want to know more. We are particularly interested in (a) the way SD methodology is being implemented as a teaching tool in economics, and (b) assessment efforts to gauge the effectiveness of SD as a tool for teaching economics.

We welcome brief “highlight” presentations by instructors from both higher education and K-12 who are using SD to teach microeconomics or macroeconomics, followed by questions and discussion. Anyone interested in making a presentation should submit a proposal (less than 200 words) via email to me (david.wheat@uib.no) for consideration by the selection committee.

For planning purposes, it would be helpful to know how many participants to expect. Please email me if you are considering attendance.

I hope to see you in Boston.

All the best,
Dave
President-elect (2006-07)
Economics Chapter
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David Wheat, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in System Dynamics
University of Bergen, Norway

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