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ECONOMETRICS WITH YOUTUBE DATA: A TIME SERIES TEACHING CASE
Get PDFThis paper explains a teaching case I have designed for econometrics and business analytics courses. Time series remains a difficult topic to teach, in part because existing textbooks lack examples using real data and applicable to business problems students may encounter. This case aims to fill that gap using data from my own YouTube channel to give students an opportunity to practice time series analysis. Issues include endogeneity, seasonality, and unit roots. I also include discussion on how the case can be adapted for different course levels
Parenting and Education Involvement of Korean Mothers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic quickly forced us to adapt to a new normal. As schools switched to distance learning, parents experienced increased childcare responsibilities and were thrust into new roles as teachers at home. This unexpected shift to new roles brought extraordinary disruption that becomes more challenging for families living apart, especially Korean families who represent more traditional beliefs. One of these values is to highly regard education. In this study, researchers explore the unique experiences of Korean mothers who were geographically distant from their spouses during the COVID-19 lockdown. Through interviews with the participant mothers with school-age children, researchers explore how the COVID-19 lockdown created changes in childcare and education involvement of Korean mothers
Adverse Childhood Experiences of Elementary School Students Exacerbated by Covid-19: A Conceptual Framework
Get PDFPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 44% of elementary-aged students reported experiencing adverse childhood experiences, while 13% reported experiencing three or more (Blodgett & Lanigan, 2018). During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents faced many hardships such as economic and health disparities. This resulted in an influx of reported and presumably unreported adverse childhood experiences. The most reported experience included child neglect and psychological maltreatment (Sonu et al., 2021). While not seen as popular in the media and literature, the impact of psychological maltreatment is more severe than any other form of abuse (Hines, 2020). This paper will discuss the current conceptual findings, legal definitions, theoretical underpinnings, policy and practice implications as it relates to child neglect and psychological maltreatment of elementary-aged children
Let the Games Begin: Why Structured and Unstructured Play Should be Utilized in the Classroom
Get PDFThe role of school has drastically changed over the past several decades. Standards and added subjects lead to a challenging and narrow view of education. The consequences of added pressure undermine the role of play throughout K-12 school systems. Research studies continue to describe play as vital for the success of children’s development and subsequent academic achievement, not only for younger children, but older children as well. This article explores how play and gamification utilized within all classrooms, including intermediate, middle school and high school classrooms, can provide a comprehensive approach to support both students’ academic content understanding and social and emotional development. Play-based and game-based learning reinforces intrinsic motivators which lead to children’s lifelong learning mindset and allows for students to take a more participatory role in their education
Page Turners: Books for Children
Get PDFA Bear Far from Home
Written by Susan Fletcher
Illustrated by Rebecca Green
Anne Schwartz Books, 2022
ISBN 978-0-593-18189-8
A snowy white polar bear lives joyfully and moves freely in frigid Norway. . . until the day that everything changes. Suddenly, the bear’s days of romping through snow and swimming in icy waters are over. The bear is trapped, caged, and shipped off to a foreign land; presented as a gift from the King of Norway to the King of England. Based on historical documents from 13th century Europe, this beautifully illustrated picture book introduces young readers to the menagerie of animals, creatures from all corners of the world, that were kept at the Tower of London. The poignant text points to the sad captivity faced by one bear, but fortunately, also leaves readers with a sense of hopefulness, when the King of England orders that the bear be allowed to swim and fish in the river each day. This compelling storyline has historical moorings and could serve as a powerful tool for learning about animal rights and humane education. Ages 4-8
One Male Student Teacher’s Perception and Experiences of Student Teaching in an Infant Group Care Setting
Get PDFThis qualitative case study explores in-depth how one male student teacher reflected on his care practice with infants and how he described his experiences of working with female mentor teachers. The authors used the teacher’s daily journal entries, four individual interviews, and weekly team planning meetings as data sources. The data was collected over 15-week period. Findings revealed that the teacher’s caring sense gradually evolved through care practice and that he brought in his authenticity as a teacher, not just as a male teacher, while confronting with and critically reflecting upon himself as a teacher. Also, the weekly team planning meetings helped him build relationship with the female mentor teachers. He positively reflected upon his experiences of collaborative teaching. Implication of the findings is discussed in terms of male students in early childhood teacher education programs
Education by the Numbers
Get PDFEducation is one of the dominant factors in determining how developed a country is. Education is essential in ending poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and protecting the planet (Schmidt, 2018). Approximately 90% of Americans over the age of 25 have a high school diploma, 34% have a bachelor’s degree, and 13% have an advanced degree [ (master’s professional, doctorate or combination), NCES, 2021]
THE MICRO IN PRINCIPLES OF MACRO: A SURVEY AND MODEST PROPOSAL
Get PDFTo better understand the degree to which students enrolled in principles of macroeconomics are exposed to fundamental microeconomic concepts, we survey twenty popular textbooks. Using the TUCE guidelines as a framework, we categorize the microeconomic content of the textbooks by topic and amount of coverage. We find that for the significant percentage of undergraduates who take only a single semester of macroeconomics, these students are left without enough exposure to the core concepts of microeconomics – including ones that underpin macroeconomic models. On its own, we hope our detailed survey will prove useful to instructors who must select between a myriad of seemingly similar textbooks. In addition, we make a modest proposal for how instructors could include some specific microeconomic content at low opportunity cost
TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE TO ECON 101 STUDENTS
Get PDFThere is a growing recognition that ECON 101 does not adequately prepare students to address the pressing issues of our times including climate change. However, options such as the CORE text are unsuitable because of information overload and the use of advanced technical concepts and techniques. The objective in this paper is to introduce climate change to ECON 101 students in a way that minimizes student confusion, instructor workload, and upholds Mankiw’s approach of clarity before nuance. A new approach is delineated based on popular books, magazine articles, a YouTube video, and simple exercises. This five-part approach consists of emphasizing the urgency of climate change, thinking outside the box through geoengineering, the limits of individual actions like buying local or going vegan, the comparative outlook on various policy tools with a simple equation solving exercise, and game theory to broach the issue of international collaboration
USING DATA FROM CLASSROOM EXPERIMENTS TO TEACH DEADWEIGHT LOSS
Get PDFThis paper demonstrates a novel approach to teaching the concept of deadweight loss using a double oral auction experiment conducted in the classroom. After the experiment, students are given the associated data and are tasked with calculating both predicted and observed consumer and producer surplus transaction by transaction. They are then asked to differentiate between deadweight loss resulting from an inefficient allocation of production and consumption given the observed number of transactions and the deadweight loss resulting from an inefficient number of transactions. We find an improved understanding of these concepts from the participating class