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January 17, 2012

Professional development with Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops

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January 15, 2012

Foreign Exchange Rates and Balance of Payments

Filed under: Economics — Tags: Balance of Payments, currency exchange, Economics, IB Economics, International Economics, surplus, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 9:55 pm

HL students can find the self-correcting nature of current account imbalances within a free floating exchange environment difficult to grasp. It is not a topic often addressed by the mainstream press but this article by Bloomberg, China-Japan Currency Agreement points to a New World Order is a good opportunity for students to understand the concept.

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January 5, 2012

Macroeconomics and Development Economics

Filed under: Economics — Tags: Development Economics, Economics, macroeconomics, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 10:22 am

With the start of the new semester for schools working towards the May exams, Macroeconomics and Development Economics are the major focus of this semester.

I thought this was a good time to highlight resources and teaching strategies that have been introduced in the past.

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December 25, 2011

A Green Bloomberg

Filed under: Economics — Tags: Economics, Environment, IB Economics, sustainable consumption, sustainable development, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 10:09 pm

Bloomberg has recently added a new focus to its news reporting: Sustainability. These articles focus on issues related to the environment, business ethics and resource depletion. As well as news stories, links are provided to videos and debates on related topics. This categories is well worth exploring and Bloomberg is to be commended for increasing awareness of the challenges facing the global environment.

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December 10, 2011

Economics by Invitation

Filed under: Economics — Tags: Economics, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 4:36 am

The Economist has a great feature on its website, “Economics by Invitation”. Key questions are posed and answered by leading economists. The range is questions is diverse and of interest to both teachers and students. For example some of their more popular questions include the following:

Is inflation or deflation a greater threat to the world economy? Should policymakers focus more on structural adjustments or aggregate demand?

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November 30, 2011

Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

Filed under: Economics — Tags: Economics, growth, macroeconomics, Supply Shock, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 4:09 am

An economic slowdown brought about by a natural disaster is tragically illustrated by the recent floods in Thailand as the nation struggles to recover and count the cost now that the waters are receding.

Most economists are slashing their forward estimates of GDP growth and see a strong possibility of an interest rate cut to help stimulate the economy.

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November 24, 2011

Triple A donates new computers to One Laptop Per Child cause

Here at Triple A Learning, we’ve always supported the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) cause. With a mission to “empower the world’s poorest children through education“, who could fail to be moved by its ideals.

What OLPC believes

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November 20, 2011

Currency Wars

Filed under: Economics — Tags: currency exchange, Economics, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 6:48 am

Most IB Classes are about to start teaching currency exchange from Section 4 and one topical way to introduce the topic is to focus on US claims that the Chinese manipulate their currency to gain trade advantages.

In a recent speech Obama talked tough on the issue. The Chinese countered by saying that all of America’s problems will not be solved by an appreciation of their currency. There does however seem to be some tentative signs of a softening of the usual Chinese response as reported by Bloomberg. These and other articles on the continuing currency wars can be an effective way to introduce the definitions and diagrams of this section.

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November 7, 2011

Effective Group Work

Filed under: Economics,Psychology — Tags: class management, student issues, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 6:44 pm

As teachers I am sure all of us have struggled with facilitating effective group work. Ensuring that all students are productive and that real engagement with the content is taking place poses a number of challenges. Students themselves often complain that group work is a waste of time. One way to approach these challenges is to have students examine a list of characteristics of effective groups and discuss these before group work takes place. Find below an examples list or you could have students brainstorm their own list

Characteristics of Effective Groups

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November 6, 2011

Helping students improve their mood, regain their energy and cope with stress

Filed under: Economics,Psychology — Tags: class management, student issues, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 6:46 pm

With the start of another busy year students might be feeling stressed. Though we are teachers of content the emotional state of students obviously impacts their learning. This interesting article reports on a survey concerning the strategies people find most effective in shaking off a bad mood, increasing energy levels and coping with stress. You can have students reflect their strategies and compare them with these findings below:

Exercise: rated as the most effective for changing a bad mood, also good for raising energy and reducing tension.

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Economics

January 17, 2012

Professional development with Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops

January 15, 2012

Foreign Exchange Rates and Balance of Payments

January 5, 2012

Macroeconomics and Development Economics

December 25, 2011

A Green Bloomberg

December 10, 2011

Economics by Invitation

November 30, 2011

Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

November 24, 2011

Triple A donates new computers to One Laptop Per Child cause

What OLPC believes

November 20, 2011

Currency Wars

November 7, 2011

Effective Group Work

November 6, 2011

Helping students improve their mood, regain their energy and cope with stress