Beskrivelse
For decades now, in general, teaching in economics has been characterized by uniformity: not only do most economics departments focus exclusively on the mainstream economic understanding; at the same time, there is, in general, little room for addressing phenomena or problems of real life in a thorough manner. However, due to the financial crisis and the severe international economic crisis that followed after the extensive financial turbulence of 2008 and onwards, many economists have become critical of the modern mainstream macroeconomic understanding. Did economics departments teach economics the right way? Surprisingly enough, the way we teach economics does not seem to have changed significantly in any way in recent years. Economics is, in general, still dominated by the mainstream economic understanding. However, some universities have given way to progressive teaching methods in economics. As a case study, we try to highlight some aspects of the way we teach economics at Aalborg University, Denmark. Economics is taught in a pluralistic way, allowing for the incorporation of both the orthodox, and a range of heterodox approaches to addressing issues in economics. Especially, we have tried to give economics a Post Keynesian flavour. In addition, the way we teach economics is based on the approach of Problem Based Learning.| Periode | 11 maj 2017 |
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| Begivenhedstitel | Eduard-Heimann-Colloquium: Universität Hamburg |
| Begivenhedstype | Seminar |
| Placering | Hamburg, TysklandVis på kort |
| Grad af anerkendelse | International |