Engaging Undergraduates in Economics

Gajwani, Kiran; Miron, Jeffrey A.

doi:10.1080/00220485.2015.1015193

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“…The importance of research-led teaching to motivate deep engagement by making community interaction and concrete economic analysis central elements of economics courses also necessitates incorporating such experiences into economics curricula across both small and large undergraduate economics courses [82,83]. The importance of team-based formative assessment design has also been reported.…”

Section: Active Learning Strategiesmentioning

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From Theory to Practice of Promoting Student Engagement in Business and Law-Related Disciplines: The Case of Undergraduate Economics Education

Nepal

Rogerson

2020

Education Sciences

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Higher education is experiencing a paradigm shift from passive learning towards active learning. The COVID-19 pandemic has further presented an opportunity for education providers to enhance teaching that includes non-campus modes. However, concerns regarding student engagement lie at the heart of the transition to active learning environments in the context of the increased demand for online education. Therefore, promoting student engagement has become an educational priority since greater student engagement translates into valued student experiences, higher academic performance, and increased retention rates. This paper semi-systematically reviews the literature on student engagement in undergraduate economics education. Close emphasis is also paid to the relationships between the direct measures of disengagement such as absenteeism on student performance in economics. The student engagement framework developed by Frederiks, Blumenfeld, and Paris (2004) is used to classify the dimensions of student engagement and the factors that influence the different dimensions of engagement. The literature reviewed is predominately occupied with behavioral aspects of engagement with little attention towards capturing the cognitive and emotional aspects of student engagement. Three key recommendations are noted from the study in order for business school educators and higher education policy makers to promote student engagement in economics education. Future research on student engagement in undergraduate business education should focus more on capturing the cognitive and emotional aspects of student engagement to inform policymaking in promoting student engagement.

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From Theory to Practice of Promoting Student Engagement in Business and Law-Related Disciplines: The Case of Undergraduate Economics Education

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Rogerson

2020

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Models of undergraduate research in economics: Advice from eight exemplary programs

Hoyt

McGoldrick

2017

The Journal of Economic Education

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A productive research experience can be the highpoint of the undergraduate curriculum for an economics major, allowing the student to employ the tools economists use in richer and more complex ways. In our 2016 poll of economics departments at the top 30 liberal arts colleges and the top 30 national universities (based on U.S. News and World Report 2017 rankings), we find that almost all departments provide an undergraduate research experience in some form because their faculty share a belief that research is integral to the field of economics and vital to the development of a well-rounded economics major (Hoyt and McGoldrick 2017). Students have the opportunity to hypothesize, analyze, interpret, and create using the tools of economists while also developing general skills such as writing, presenting, managing time, and working with others. There is consensus among the top programs queried: resources invested into a well-designed undergraduate research program can lead to human capital accumulation that is valued by graduate programs and employers alike. In our study of the top programs, we gathered information regarding what motivates programs to include a research component, how prevalent undergraduate research is and the forms it takes, what departments view as obstacles to undergraduate research, the creative ways that departments foster research in light of resource constraints, and the steps departments take to create a culture of research. While our departmental survey yielded many interesting methods of promoting undergraduate research, we chose a select few to describe their experience and provide a more in-depth perspective. To that end, this symposium includes articles written by faculty at two leading liberal arts colleges, Macalester College and Wellesley College, as well as three top national universities including the University of Chicago, Dartmouth University, and Princeton University. Our choice of those programs to include in this symposium in no way suggests that the other programs could not have contributed similarly. Additionally, in May of 2015, economists from three institutions with outstanding undergraduate economics programs participated in a panel discussion at the American Economic Association's Conference on Teaching and Research on Economic Education that focused on partnerships with other units on campus to facilitate undergraduate economic research and writing. The final article in this symposium is authored by economists and representatives from these other campus units at the University of California at Berkeley, Barnard College, and Carleton College. We also refer readers to a 2015 symposium in the Journal of Economic Education that was assembled to allow a response to Stock and Siegfried (2015), who documented the undergraduate origins of PhD economists. Four "top producing" programs contributed to that collection, and each piece includes a brief description of the role undergraduate research plays in the success of the undergraduate programs in these departments (

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Engaging Undergraduates in Economics

Cited by 2 publications

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From Theory to Practice of Promoting Student Engagement in Business and Law-Related Disciplines: The Case of Undergraduate Economics Education

From Theory to Practice of Promoting Student Engagement in Business and Law-Related Disciplines: The Case of Undergraduate Economics Education

Models of undergraduate research in economics: Advice from eight exemplary programs

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