Be economical!

Dorien Doornebos -Klarenbeek

Fontys University of Applied Sciences Tilburg

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Program of the workshop

• Welcome• Short presentation of my research • Try out I. • Try out II.• Reflection: Make a rich picture.

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Be economical! What is that?

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Learning through seeing

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Through which glasses are you looking? The goal is that students learn to commute

between economic aspects in daily life and economic jargon. This commuting is what we call ‘looking through economic glasses.’

The problem is that in the economics class there is little attention for recognizing economic aspects in daily life (Boot,2006).

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My research

My solution:To solve this problem I start with

concrete images. These are a medium to connect daily life to the world of economics. The literature shows that economics is less boring and abstract when images are used. (Sexton, 2006).

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Results

Methods:I have done research in my class. The

students (N=11) received instructions to make a poster on an economic aspect. This poster was to be clarified orally.

Conclusion:The preliminary conclusion is that the

students are capable of putting on economic glasses and are economical!

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Try out

a. Write down as much words you can around the picture.

b. What is the economic problem in the picture?

c. Make a fitting title.d. Presentation to the

group

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Try out II

• You will get four pictures.

• Make a timeline.• Place the pictures

on the timeline.• Give an short

explanation • Presentation to the

group

I don’t see anybody. Who will offer me a

job?

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So I am!!I am fired!

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Who is the last one?

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More than

400.000 jobless Has the neighbor nothing

to do better than watching out of the

window the whole day?

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Reflection

On the table there are several pictures.

- Choose one picture which stands for ‘Be economical!’ for you.

- Explain your choose.