Abstract
This chapter is about teaching macroeconomic methodology. As teachers we take upon ourselves the task of teaching the students how to learn to identify, describe and understand macroeconomic problems.
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a very useful approach for this purpose. According to PBL, however, it is not recommendable to teach macroeconomic methodology as part of the initial curriculum. Instead, teachers are encouraged to let the students grapple with real-world problems or cases and assist them in using macroeconomic theory and tools, avoiding methodological straitjackets. Both ex ante and ex post, the students should be urged to make methodological reflections.
When macroeconomic methodology is later taught per se, the history of economic thought offers crucial and eye-opening examples of the importance of methodological choice.
The chapter ends by discussing how insights from critical realism provide directions for both understanding and teaching how macroeconomic methodology can assist in identifying, describing and interpreting macroeconomic problems in their social context.
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a very useful approach for this purpose. According to PBL, however, it is not recommendable to teach macroeconomic methodology as part of the initial curriculum. Instead, teachers are encouraged to let the students grapple with real-world problems or cases and assist them in using macroeconomic theory and tools, avoiding methodological straitjackets. Both ex ante and ex post, the students should be urged to make methodological reflections.
When macroeconomic methodology is later taught per se, the history of economic thought offers crucial and eye-opening examples of the importance of methodological choice.
The chapter ends by discussing how insights from critical realism provide directions for both understanding and teaching how macroeconomic methodology can assist in identifying, describing and interpreting macroeconomic problems in their social context.
| Translated title of the contribution | At undervise i makroøkonomisk metodologi |
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| Original language | English |
| Title of host publication | Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology |
| Editors | Jesper Jespersen, Victoria Chick, Bert Tieben |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication date | 2023 |
| Chapter | 29 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-138-81662-6, 978-1-032-46349-0 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-315-74599-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Series | Routledge International Handbooks |
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