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January 24, 2012

Elizabeth Loftus

Filed under: Psychology — Tags: CLOA, IB Psychology, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 11:59 pm

Elizabeth Loftus gained world-wide renown for her experiments showing that memory is not an accurate record, and is subject to various biases. Her studies revealed that witness reports of the same incident varied according to the wording used by the questioner and, as a result, the way witnesses are dealt with throughout the legal system has changed. Loftus later went on to show that it is possible to implant a whole false memory, as demonstrated by the ‘Lost in the Mall’ and ‘Bugs Bunny’ studies.

This episode of Mind Changers: Elizabeth Loftus has an excellent radio podcast on her contributions to our understanding of the CLOA.

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Price Discrimination: Weighty Matters

Filed under: Economics — Tags: Economics, IB Economics, microeconomics, price discrimination, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 12:42 pm

Price discrimination is a far more common practice than most students are aware of and they find the standard example of movie tickets quite compelling. This report, Why heavy people should pay more to fly, raises the issue of whether airlines should charge passengers on the basis of weight and should provoke a interesting discussion of the merits of such a decision.

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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 10, 2012

The Media and Memory

Filed under: Psychology — Tags: CLOA, critical thinking, IB Psychology, memory, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — Peter Anthony @ 10:11 pm

Psychology is a very diverse science and issues related to psychology are present all around us. There are many opportunities to link what is being covered in the course with what students read, listen to and watch. Memory in particular is a source of great interest to writers, songwriters and filmmakers.

An interesting class discussion could be undertaken where students share a song, book or movie that relates to memory. As students learn various psychological theories related to memory they can evaluate how accurate these media portrayals are.

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January 5, 2012

Outstanding Videos of 2011

Filed under: Psychology — Tags: BLOA, CLOA, IB Psychology, SCOLA, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies, video — Peter Anthony @ 11:32 am

Psych Central has published a list of their top ten mental health videos from 2011 but they are relevant to a range of topics coverd in the course. For example the touching youtube video by a student bullied at school “Whats goin on..” would be a powerful way to introduce the concepts of in-groups and out-groups when studying the SCOLA.

Anther video presentation of Kahneman explaining the central ideas of his new book, Thinking Fast and Slow, is relevant to a discussion on prejudice and stereotypes with the SCLOA.

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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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What would you have said?

Filed under: TOK meets global citizenship — Tags: culture, teaching strategies — Eileen Dombrowski @ 1:46 am

I’d like to open my third year as a blogger with a question to you as a reader: What would you have done in my place? What would you have said to her and how would you have helped her, and others in her place?

It was evening in the residential IB college. Although students often dropped by in the evening, I was interested to see a girl who had never come past our house all by herself before. She was an Asian girl with a shy smile and a gentle manner, quite a lovely student altogether. She wanted to talk with me about TOK class and, as we settled down together to talk, her eyes filled with tears.

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January 4, 2012

What’s in a name? Calling all Nakusa Adolf Bruces

Filed under: TOK — Tags: Language as a Way of Knowing, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies — triplea_cw @ 12:14 pm

What’s in a name?

This a great topic in TOK and one that occurs in essays and presentation frequently.

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December 25, 2011

Alan Baddeley on the Cognitive Revolution

Filed under: Psychology — Tags: IB Psychology, Resources, Teaching Resource, teaching strategies, technology — Peter Anthony @ 10:21 pm

Students often fail to understand how revolutionary nature of the cognitive revolution partly because the Learning Perspective is no longer a major area of study in the new IB Psychology Course. The firm grip that the behavioralists held on to psychological research in the 1950s and 60s needs to be conveyed to students as this gives them a better understanding of the learning outcome that the mind can be studied scientifically. In this short video, Baddeley explains his own shift from a behavioralist to a cognitive psychologist and the importance of advances in computer science to psychology’s development into new fields of research.

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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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January 24, 2012

Elizabeth Loftus

Price Discrimination: Weighty Matters

January 15, 2012

Foreign Exchange Rates and Balance of Payments

January 10, 2012

The Media and Memory

January 5, 2012

Outstanding Videos of 2011

Macroeconomics and Development Economics

What would you have said?

January 4, 2012

What’s in a name? Calling all Nakusa Adolf Bruces

December 25, 2011

Alan Baddeley on the Cognitive Revolution

A Green Bloomberg