In the twenty-first century, teaching practitioners in higher education (HE) have found themselves confronted with more challenges to help students engage in learning. Particularly, one of the main problems with the traditional lecture format to teach non-economists economics is that students...

This paper describes how to implement and run a game for teaching the principles of money and banking to an undergraduate economics class. The game primarily deals with the market for loanable funds, but numerous extensions are provided to cover topics such as monetary policy, the tools of the...

This paper evaluates the use of specialist software within university trading rooms in order to enable students to experience a simulated environment which allows them to gain an appreciation of "real life" decision-making within the finance and banking industry and become familiar with...

Case studies are, normally, real-world problems that might include relevant or irrelevant data, correct or incorrect analysis and that require some sort of interpretation or solution. The use of case studies has been a common feature of undergraduate studies in business and law for a long time....

In 2006, a private highly ranked AACSB accredited business school introduced a hybrid face to face and on-line MBA program, tailored towards working professionals. The features of the program were highlighted by the ability of the participants to receive their degrees in just over two years...

Teachers are accustomed to teaching students, but experienced teachers must also teach teachers. What is it that one teacher can and should convey to another, especially when classroom observations suggest problems and a real need for improvement? The temptation is to say: “Come watch me and...

This article presents a survey of contemporary case law to demonstrate the incoherence of, and in some contexts the harm being done by, consideration doctrine, and to propose a consideration-free contracts syllabus. A brief review of the theoretical landscape is followed by a review of the...

A value added panel and a larger posttest sample are applied to test hypotheses regarding the common influences on student performance on the TUCE III. Common influences, those shared by all students in a given classroom, included: day vs. night time of course; class size; peer effects; and...