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Star%ngPoint:PedagogicalResourcesforTeachingandLearningEconomics
MarkMaierGlendaleCommunityCollege(CA)
CathyManducaSERC,CarletonCollege(MN)
KimMarieMcGoldrickUniversityofRichmond(VA)
Sco6SimkinsNorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversity(NC)
SupportprovidedbytheNaKonalScienceFoundaKon
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How did Starting Point get Started?
EarlierworkbySimkinsandMaier• FocusedonadapKngpedagogicinnovaKonsacrossdisciplines
Needforreadilyaccessible,easy‐to‐usesetofresources
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What is Starting Point? Aneconomicpedagogicportalthatseeksto:
IntroduceeconomiststoinnovaKveteachingstrategies–withinandbeyondthedisciplines
Providetoolstointegrateandassessresearch‐basedteachingstrategiesinclassroomseWngs
PromotesharingofteachinginnovaKonsandexamplesimplemenKngtheseinnovaKons
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What is Starting Point?
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What is Starting Point? PedagogicModulesunderdevelopment(16):
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Why use Starting Point?
CentrallocaKonforcomprehensivesetofpedagogicalresources
PromoKngtheconceptofa“teachingcommons”
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How can Instructors use Starting Point?
Learningaboutspecificpedagogictechniques Browsingtheteachingexampleslibrary
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How can Instructors use Starting Point?
SubmiWngacKviKes
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What’s Different about Starting Point?
CentrallocaKonforresources Extensivepedagogictopiccoverage Developedininterdisciplinaryteams IntenKonallyadapKnginnovaKonsacrossdisciplines Dynamiclibraryofexamples Contentmanagementsystemframework(modularandshareable)
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Starting Point – An Example
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