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, the second annual virtual conference on economics education co-organised by UCL CTaLE and Cornell University this past June, included presentations and spurred discussions in the areas of teaching in a pandemic, best practice for teaching econometrics, and the importance of writing in economics and helping students succeed. UCL ChangeMakers Student Partners, June Hong (BSc Economics Y1) and Xuyi Wang (BSc Economics Y3) reflected on each of the conference sessions providing a wealth of insight which can be found in the links below. 听
COVID and education: What educators have to say, and a student perspective
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Giving yourself your own grade, expressing your emotions to your professor, and experimenting with data: Inspiring ideas for economics education
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Teaching staff around the world have accumulated significant knowledge on online teaching and that there is a lot that teachers can learn from their counterparts across the globe.
Economists write differently. The uniqueness of economic writing and how to teach it
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Beyond students鈥� academic results or fancy internships, there are many other factors that determine 鈥榮uccess鈥� in their degrees, for example, their emotional journey and the connections they make at university.
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In this hosted in partnership with the Royal Economic Society, the speakers talked about the new techniques and resources that can improve the teaching of econometrics.
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