Economics 301
Pedagogy Seminar for
Economics
University of California,
Berkeley
Spring 2009 Professor Martha Olney
Office location: 691 Evans Hall
Office hours: Mondays 12:30-1:45, Tuesdays (t.b.a.)
Assignments
#1 Due Thursday
January 15
After reading Chapters 1-2 of Curzan and Damour, prepare a first draft
of the syllabus for your section(s). If you don't have all the
information you need (section number, day, time, location), make it
obvious where that information will be added. For instance you
might put:
Office
Hours: >>I don't know yet<< Bring 3 hard copies of your
first draft with you to the first session of Econ 301, Thursday
January 15.
#2 Due Wednesday
January 21 by 5 p.m.
Submit the final draft of your syllabus to me via bspace: assignments tab, as an
attachment.
#3 Due Friday
January 23
(a) Submit a one-page letter of introduction of yourself to me.
If you can, please include a photo. In your letter of
introduction, include your name and any other information about
yourself that you'd like to share with me. Print this out and bring it to
class.
(b) Post an introduction
of yourself to your Econ 301 peers to the bspace forum (discussion board)
no later than 10 a.m. on Friday January 23. Post your intro
inline, not as an attachment. Don’t bother posting the photo,
just the text.
#4 Due Friday
February 6
Prepare one powerpoint slide and present it in 301 on February 6.
(If you don’t have ppt, then you do the equivalent with another program
and create a pdf slide show.) The ppt slide you prepare should be
relevant to the class you’re teaching. Think of this as what we’d
see if we dropped into your class in the midst of the session.
The goal of the assignment is to determine good and not-so-good
practices in powerpoint presentation.
Bring your ppt or pdf to
class on a flash drive. No need to bring a laptop. Be prepared to present the
material contained in the ppt slide. Your oral presentation is
limited to 3 minutes.
#5 Due Friday March
6
Read through the Office of Educational Development's Observation
Checklist http://teaching.berkeley.edu/observe.html.
Attend a class on campus,
in any department. (One possibility is to observe a former recipient of
the campus teaching award. You may access the list of winners under
“awards” at http://teaching.berkeley.edu.)
Briefly describe the class, note the instructor’s strengths and
weaknesses (a bulleted list will be most helpful), and discuss what
lessons you learned for your own teaching. (2-3 pages
total) Bring this
assignment to class on March 6, prepared for small-group
discussion. Turn in the assignment at the end of class on March 6.