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Education, Employment and Social Inclusion within the European Union

Laselle, Laurence; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

Employment and social inclusion have been regular themes in the agenda of the European Union for the past fifteen years. From a soft coordinated approach mainly focused on the fight against unemployment, the European Union has moved towards a more coordinated but still voluntary strategy for its...

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Education's Role in Economic Development and in Assisting the Poor

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2005

Much faith has been put in the increased supply of education as a means to promote national economic development and as … economic growth depends on a nation’s stage of economic development. It is only when a nation becomes relatively developed that … is not intended to belittle the contribution of education to economic development nor to devalue the ideal of making …

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Economics of Business Learning: The Need for Broader Perspectives in Managerial Economics

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2004

While most textbooks in managerial economics now give some coverage to business learning, and this is to be welcomed, their coverage of business learning is limited to a consideration of increases in productivity or cost reductions. Supply-side bias exists. The coverage of leading texts is...

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Students' Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness: What Surveys Tell and What They Do Not Tell

Alauddin, Mohammad; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

Employing student evaluation of teaching (SET) data on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate economics courses …, this paper uses ordered probit analysis to (i) investigate how student’s perceptions of ‘teaching quality’ (TEVAL) are … material, and organization of the instruction process; (ii) identify differences in the sensitivity of perceived teaching …

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The Excitement and Value of Discovering Tourism Economics: Clem Tisdell's Journey

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2010

Outlines how Clem Tisdell came to discover tourism economics and charts the basic route that he followed in developing that interest. This article is developed by first considering his early years (1939 to 1960), that is the period prior to his commencement of postgraduate studies at the...

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Quantitative Impacts of Teaching Attributes on University TEVAL Scores and their Implications

Alauddin, Mohammad; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2009

This article uses a large sample of completed student evaluation forms of university teaching to quantify the impacts … of student evaluation of teaching (SET) attributes on teaching effectiveness (TEVAL) scores. Despite much criticism of … and support for TEVAL scores measuring teaching effectiveness, detailed quantitative studies of the relationship between …

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The Evolution and Classification of the Published Books of Clem Tisdell: A Brief Overview

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

environmental economics. 4. Tourism economics and leisure studies. 5. Economic development in general and in particular, Asian … not intended to provide an in-depth analysis of recurring themes in Tisdell’s books and the development of these. …

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A western perspective on Kautilya's 'Arthasastra': Does it provide a basis for economic science?

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

keenly aware that the fortunes of the Treasury and the prosperity of the nation depended on its development of agriculture … State should follow to foster their development. Many modern concepts of economics underlie much of Kautilya’s discussion is …

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An Overview and Assessment of The Economics of Leisure

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2005

This is a draft of the introductory chapter for The Economics of Leisure which is being published by Edward Elgar Publishing Pty Ltd, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, Massachusetts, by whom all rights are reserved. It will appear in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics...

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Linear Break-Even Analysis: When is it Applicable to Business

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2004

Reviews linear break-even analysis as typically outlined in textbooks on managerial economics. It is claimed that a major shortcoming of these expositions is their failure to demonstrate in what circumstances linear break-even analysis is relevant for a business and in what circumstances it is...

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