This study describes and evaluates a teaching experience that combines the use of financial press with the 'writing to learn' method, within the subject Intermediate Macroeconomics. The subject belongs to a field of economics which is characterized by a particularly high degree of mathematical abstraction and in which the accurate assimilation of theoretical content thus becomes essential. Thanks to the establishment of a collaboration agreement, students are offered the chance to publish press articles related to economic issues in a special supplement of El Periódico de Huelva. When comparing the academic performance of students who did or did not participate in the experience, the results appear to confirm the positive effects of using methods that promote active learning, such as the one used in this experience.Resumen: Este trabajo describe y evalúa una experiencia docente que aúna el uso de la prensa económica y del método 'escribir para aprender' en la asignatura macroeconomía intermedia, perteneciente a las disciplinas económicas con mayor grado de abstracción matemática, en las que se hace imprescindible conseguir una verdadera asimilación de contenidos teóricos. Gracias a un convenio de colaboración alcanzado, se ofrece a los alumnos la posibilidad de publicar artículos de prensa relacionados con la realidad económica en un suplemento especial de El Periódico de Huelva. Los resultados obtenidos al comparar el rendimiento académico de alumnos participantes y no participantes parecen confirmar los efectos positivos del uso de métodos que, como el propuesto, promueven el aprendizaje activo. Palabras clave: economía; aprendizaje activo; prensa escrita Over recent years, and since the beginning of the economic and financial crisis of 2008, the criticism traditionally directed at economists has intensified, thereby English version: pp. 396-406 / Versión en español: pp. 407-417 References / Referencias: p. 418 Translated from Spanish / Traducción del español: Julie Waddington
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