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...for the busy economist
Here are some strategies that are easy to implement:
- Add wait time to classroom activities.
- Emphasize that biology is not destiny, and foster a growth mindset in your students.
- Incorporate cooperative learning by employing Think-pair-share.
Here are some more sweet ideas:
Complete lists
Who's missing?
Does it matter?
Proven strategies for the classroom
- Use cooperative learning.
- Avoid stereotype threat.
- Consider the impact of wait time during classroom activities.
- Employ technology wisely.
- Promote inclusive communication.
- Incorporate service learning.
Proven practices for instructors
- Provide opportunities for involvement with research early on.
- Reflect on and learn more about personal prejudices and values.
- Emphasize that biology is not destiny.
- Provide opportunities to get to know students personally.* Incorporate heterodox theories of economics into curricula.
- Share these study tips.
- Be aware of a third theory of discrimination.
Proven policies for departments
- Offer a course on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics or on heterodox theories of economics.
- Encourage peer and faculty mentoring.
- Utilize summer bridge programs.
- Actively recruit students who may be underprepared or unsure.
Resources
Here are some more sweet ideas:
Who's missing?
Does it matter?
Proven strategies for the classroom
- Use cooperative learning.
- Avoid stereotype threat.
- Consider the impact of wait time during classroom activities.
- Employ technology wisely.
- Promote inclusive communication.
- Incorporate service learning.
Proven practices for instructors
- Provide opportunities for involvement with research early on.
- Reflect on and learn more about personal prejudices and values.
- Emphasize that biology is not destiny.
- Provide opportunities to get to know students personally.* Incorporate heterodox theories of economics into curricula.
- Share these study tips.
- Be aware of a third theory of discrimination.
Proven policies for departments
- Offer a course on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics or on heterodox theories of economics.
- Encourage peer and faculty mentoring.
- Utilize summer bridge programs.
- Actively recruit students who may be underprepared or unsure.
Resources