Teaching Principles of Microeconomics

Edited by Mark Maier, Professor of Economics, Glendale Community College and Phil Ruder, Professor of Economics, Pacific University, US

‘Maier and Ruder compile a valuable collection that will have broad appeal to educators interested in rethinking their approach to the Principles of Microeconomics courses. It distinguishes itself from existing volumes in that it includes multiple paradigms, explores updating content, and brings issues of diversity and inclusion to the forefront. Chapters reviewing more traditional pedagogies (such as cooperative learning and experiments) are presented with a fresh perspective and complemented with chapters describing newer approaches (using social media).’

• Contents:1 Improving the Principles of Microeconomics course 1Phil Ruder and Mark MaierPART I TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES2 The deep work of teaching essential Microeconomic Principles 8Gail M. Hoyt3 Considerations for the textbook selection process inPrinciples of Microeconomics 25Erin A. Yetter4 Asynchronicity, access, and content: teaching economicsin a shifting landscape 44Belinda Archibong, Olivia Bobrownicki, Rajiv Sethi, andHoma Zarghamee5 The issues approach to teaching Principles of Microeconomics 59Wendy A. Stock6 Revising the traditional Microeconomics course: engagingstudents via problem-based, positive, paradigmatic pluralism 74Geoffrey E. SchneiderPART II UPDATING COURSE CONTENT7 Where is the “behavioral” in Introductory Microeconomics? 88Simon D. Halliday and Emily C. Marshall8 Suggestions for incorporating sustainability into Principlesof Microeconomics 108Jack ReardonPART III INCLUSIVE TEACHING9 Promoting inclusivity in Principles of Microeconomics 124Jennifer Imazeki10 Creating an anti-racist pedagogy in Principles of Microeconomics 136Mary J. Lopez and Fernando Lozano11 Feminist approaches in the Introductory Microeconomics course 152Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar12 Promoting gender diversity in Introductory Microeconomics 166Martha OlneyPART IV PEDAGOGY13 Writing in the Introductory Microeconomics course 180Nathan D. Grawe and George Cusack14 Taking advantage of structured peer interaction:cooperative learning in the Principles of Microeconomics course 202Scott P. Simkins, Mark Maier, and Phil Ruder15 Teaching with experiments in the IntroductoryMicroeconomics course 217Tisha L.N. Emerson16 Teaching the Introductory Microeconomics course withsocial media 230Abdullah Al-Bahrani, Darshak Patel, and Brandon Sheridan17 Teaching Introductory Microeconomics online 243Steven Greenlaw18 Using Excel to teach Principles of Microeconomics 257Humberto BarretoIndex