1. Teaching Philosophy:
My classesare designedtoexplaintomystudents’everydayissueslike highunemployment,low
wagesand highinterestrates.Mystudentsleave the classroomhavinganedge because now they
have the toolsto understandfinance and investments.Notonlywill theseconceptshelpthemin
theirnextbusinessclassbutitwill give more insightinourgovernmenteverydayfinancial
decisions.
I have taught bothgeneral educationGovernmentHistorycoursesandupperdivisionEconomics
classes.Each classhas a differentpurposeandIhave differentteachingstylesforeach.Forthe
general educationcoursesIfocusonimprovingmystudentswritingskills,persuasiveness,and
challengingtheirviewstothenhelpthembuildstrongerandvalidarguments.MyEconomics
classesonthe other handbuildonbasicEconomicsconceptslike the ProductionPossibility
Curve that showsthe relationshipbetween2variablesandhow thatis applicable intodaysjob
marketwhere asone earns more skills,trainingandoreducationandtherefore canexpecta
highersalary.Icover everydayissueslikelow unemploymentduringelectionseasonandhow
the two mightbe related.
As Aristotle once said:"Those whoknowdo.Those thatunderstand,teach"...Iunderstand
Economicsverywell itcomesnatural.
I love teachingandI use differenttypesof teachingstylesrangingfromclassroomdiscussions,
videos,inclassexercises,guestspeakers,andsoon.
Eva Campelo, MBA