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Principle Economic Courses Promoting Expert Thinking and Complex Communication Skills

Principle Economic Courses Promoting Expert Thinking and Complex Communication Skills. John Min Northern Virginia Community College. Question. Northern Virginia Community College…. We Are Here Today. Question. Alexandria Campus…. Where I Teach. Question. Urban Campus…. Question.

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Principle Economic Courses Promoting Expert Thinking and Complex Communication Skills

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  1. Principle Economic CoursesPromoting Expert ThinkingandComplex Communication Skills John Min Northern Virginia Community College

  2. Question • Northern Virginia Community College… We Are Here Today

  3. Question • Alexandria Campus… Where I Teach

  4. Question • Urban Campus…

  5. Question • Diverse Students…

  6. Question • Happy Faculty (On top of the world)…

  7. Boston Trip • March 8, 2007…

  8. Boston Trip • BATEC Conference… The Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC), a National Science Foundation Regional Center for IT, is transforming education to develop…

  9. Boston Trip • UH-AH Moment… http://www.nvcc.edu/home/jmin/ReadingStuff/PreparingStudentsToTrivein21centurybyHBSMiller.pdf

  10. Boston Trip • Reflection… What am I doing?

  11. What Am I Doing • Chapter 2: The US Economy… This people-based measure of economic performance is called per capita GDP. Per capita GDP is simply total output divided by total population. Per capital GDP doesn’t tell us how much any specific person gets. In 2005, per capita GDP in the United States was roughly $42,000 – nearly five times larger than the world average. The following World View provides a global perspective on just how “rich” America is…. Recognizing the productive value of economic freedom isn’t tantamount to rejecting all government intervention. No one really advocates the complete abolition of government. On the contrary, the government plays a critical role in establishing…

  12. What Am I Doing • Chapter 2: The US Economy… • Question #7 (Back of the Book) • If 140 million workers produced America’s GDP in 2005 (World View, p.27), how much output did the average worker produce? • If Haiti’s per capita GDP of roughly $1,800 were to increase as fast as China’s (see Table 2.1), what would its per capita GDP be in • 10 years • 20 years

  13. What Am I To Do • Preparing Students… Expert Thinking & Complex Communication Skills

  14. What Can I Do • Inspiration…

  15. What Can I Do http://www.photius.com/rankings/economy/gdp_purchasing_power_parity_2007_0.html • Example (GDP per Capita)… http://www.photius.com/rankings/economy/gdp_per_capita_2007_0.html Excel Worksheet Link http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/htm/index2007_execsum.cfm http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ http://hdr.undp.org/external/flash/hdi_gdp/

  16. What Can I Do • Example (Oil & GDP)… http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2007-10-19-oil-fri_N.htm http://quotes.ino.com/chart/?s=NYMEX_CL.Z07.E http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/forecasting.html http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/charter.exe/var/west-texas-crude-long http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/charter.exe/var/rgdp-qtrchg http://www.ny.frb.org/research/directors_charts/econ_fin.pdf

  17. What Can We Do • Promote… Expert Thinking & Complex Communication Skills Interesting Links

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