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Teaching Macroeconomics
A Modern and Inclusive Approach
9781800378773 Edward Elgar Publishing
Through this informative guide, the editor and contributing authors equip macroeconomics lecturers with tools and strategies to refresh their teaching content and practice. Building educators’ confidence and inspiring the next generation of passionate economists, it emphasises active learning, critical thinking, and real-world applications, moving beyond traditional lecture-based instruction.
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Through this informative guide, the editor and contributing authors equip macroeconomics lecturers with tools and strategies to refresh their teaching content and practice. Building educators’ confidence and inspiring the next generation of passionate economists, it emphasises active learning, critical thinking, and real-world applications, moving beyond traditional lecture-based instruction.
Chapters explore innovative pedagogical approaches that incorporate critical contemporary topics, such as inequality and environmental challenges, into the macroeconomics curriculum. Expert authors provide guidance for instructors on how to update teaching models and to add historical context to holistically enhance student engagement with the subject. Furthermore, they provide strategies for engaging groups of students in large lectures, crafting problem sets that foster critical thinking and contribute to a more accessible and inclusive learning environment.
Teaching Macroeconomics is an invaluable guide for educators teaching economics and macroeconomics at university level, helping them to update their curriculums. Lecturers in other social science disciplines will also use the insights presented here to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Chapters explore innovative pedagogical approaches that incorporate critical contemporary topics, such as inequality and environmental challenges, into the macroeconomics curriculum. Expert authors provide guidance for instructors on how to update teaching models and to add historical context to holistically enhance student engagement with the subject. Furthermore, they provide strategies for engaging groups of students in large lectures, crafting problem sets that foster critical thinking and contribute to a more accessible and inclusive learning environment.
Teaching Macroeconomics is an invaluable guide for educators teaching economics and macroeconomics at university level, helping them to update their curriculums. Lecturers in other social science disciplines will also use the insights presented here to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Critical Acclaim
‘Not so much a macro text-book, more an “invitation to a voyage” - to echo Charles Baudelaire. What to look forward to en route? A “horses for courses” approach, with new topics prompted by real-world events; and a focus on diversity – including different schools of thought. Welcome aboard!’
– Marcus Miller, University of Warwick, UK
‘Anyone teaching undergraduate macroeconomics really should read this book. It is brimful of reflection and super suggestions for how to engage students by making macroeconomics relevant for their various worlds.’
– Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, King’s College London, UK
‘This timely and eclectic collection of essays provides a welcome set of diverse perspectives on the practice and teaching of economics. There is plenty here to enliven the discussion in an introductory economics class and I recommend the collection to instructors and students alike.’
– Roger Farmer, University of Warwick, UK and University of California, Los Angeles, USA
– Marcus Miller, University of Warwick, UK
‘Anyone teaching undergraduate macroeconomics really should read this book. It is brimful of reflection and super suggestions for how to engage students by making macroeconomics relevant for their various worlds.’
– Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, King’s College London, UK
‘This timely and eclectic collection of essays provides a welcome set of diverse perspectives on the practice and teaching of economics. There is plenty here to enliven the discussion in an introductory economics class and I recommend the collection to instructors and students alike.’
– Roger Farmer, University of Warwick, UK and University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Contents
Contents
Foreword viii
1 Introduction: embracing inclusive approaches in teaching modern macroeconomics 1
Stefania Paredes Fuentes
PART I THE PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS
2 From the IS/LM to the 3-equation model: make the shift 15
Javier Lozano
3 Teaching fiscal policy to develop fiscal conversations: beyond a shift in the is curve 33
Dean Garratt
4 Teaching the growth–inequality circular mechanisms in macroeconomics: a loop that matters 513
Daniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia
5 Economic growth: when Solow-Swan is not enough 529
Alexander Karalis Isaac
6 Teaching environmental sustainability in a macroeconomics curriculum 545
Alastair Michael Smith
7 Teaching macroeconomics with a historical perspective 1025
Cecilia T. Lanata-Briones
PART II THE PEDAGOGICAL METHODS
8 Engaging students in an inclusive Economics classroom 1041
Cloda Jenkins and Parama Chaudhury
9 Problems sets in macroeconomics for engagement and inclusion 1063
Stefania Paredes Fuentes
10 A professional practitioner approach in macroeconomics: bridging the gaps between academia and professional economics 1085
Dean Garratt
Foreword viii
1 Introduction: embracing inclusive approaches in teaching modern macroeconomics 1
Stefania Paredes Fuentes
PART I THE PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS
2 From the IS/LM to the 3-equation model: make the shift 15
Javier Lozano
3 Teaching fiscal policy to develop fiscal conversations: beyond a shift in the is curve 33
Dean Garratt
4 Teaching the growth–inequality circular mechanisms in macroeconomics: a loop that matters 513
Daniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia
5 Economic growth: when Solow-Swan is not enough 529
Alexander Karalis Isaac
6 Teaching environmental sustainability in a macroeconomics curriculum 545
Alastair Michael Smith
7 Teaching macroeconomics with a historical perspective 1025
Cecilia T. Lanata-Briones
PART II THE PEDAGOGICAL METHODS
8 Engaging students in an inclusive Economics classroom 1041
Cloda Jenkins and Parama Chaudhury
9 Problems sets in macroeconomics for engagement and inclusion 1063
Stefania Paredes Fuentes
10 A professional practitioner approach in macroeconomics: bridging the gaps between academia and professional economics 1085
Dean Garratt
