Teach Economics

Apr 11 2024 24 mins 2

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The Teach Economics podcast series features conversations between the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Economic Education team and thought leaders, innovators and high-profile economic educators. Topics range from trends in the field to why it’s important to teach economics. The series can be used as a resource for educators, and parents also may find it useful. (Views expressed are not necessarily those of the St. Louis Fed or Federal Reserve System.)

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How Understanding Brain Science Can Help You Teach Economics

Apr 11 2024 34 mins

Would bringing brain science into your classroom help you teach economics? In this episode, Scott Wolla, economic education officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, explores that question. He’s joined by Bill Goffe, an economics teaching professor at Penn State University, and Andrew Butler, an associate professor of psychology and brain sciences at Washington Universit

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In this episode of Teach Economics, Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, talks to Scott Wolla, economic education officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, about how he found economics, why he loves teaching economics, and why it’s important to help students “think like an economist.”

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In this third episode, Mary Suiter, former assistant vice president of economic education at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Mike Raymer, executive director of the Georgia Council for Economic Education, share their journeys and advice on writing lessons that bring economics to life for students in the classroom. They discuss how having a great community of fellow educa

Sneak-a-nomics: How to Unlock Economics Lessons with a Good Story

Jan 12 2023 13 mins

In the second episode of Sneak-a-nomics, Bonnie Meszaros, associate director of the Center of Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware, discusses what goes into writing engaging economics and personal finance lessons using children’s literature. Also hear from Erin Boettcher, a fifth grade teacher at Newark Charter School in Newark, Del., who shares h

Sneak-a-nomics: Why Economics Lessons Engage Struggling Students

Jan 12 2023 27 mins

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