Video: the outlook for U.K. economy and housing market

A Wall Street Journal panel of WSJ’s  consider the outlook for U.K. economy and housing market over the coming months in this free Webcast. Sign up required

Varieties of Capitalism podcast

Here is a must-listen-to podcast from Radio 4 Analysis series on Varieties of Capitalism for students looking to read around traditional textbook economics:

In this edition of Analysis, Britain politics correspondent for The Economist Jeremy Cliffe investigates the different forms of capitalism defined by the Varieties of Capitalism school - most-famous for the book of the same name published in 2001.He begins by working out what makes a 'Liberal Market Economy' and a 'Coordinated Market Economy', and then digs deeper to find out how these different models formed in the first place.

Key resource for flipped learning: EconPlusDal

The biggest impact on my economics teaching is mini-whiteboards. Flipped learning is now becoming a realistic option with an excellent series of videos from EconPlusDal. 

Here are the complete playlists

• AS Microeconomics
• AS Macroeconomics 
• A2 Theory of the Firm and extension Why? A2 Theory of the firm

Average, marginal and total revenue curves - revision diagram

A treat for my Year 12 Economists:

8 Critical Skills For A Modern Education - and Economics teaching

I am struck by how much I resonate with the list of 8 Critical Skills For A Modern Education set out by TeachThought Staff

To what extent does Economics offer opportunities to embed these skills?

OCR AS & A2 Economics Schemes

For what it is worth here are the schemes of work I use at my school as an Excel Spreadsheet which can be edited for two staff

• A2 Economics OCR SoW
• AS Economics OCR SoW

The End of Combined Economics and Business Studies courses?

The Ofqual consultation "Completing GCSE, AS and A Level Reform" ( http://comment.ofqual.gov.uk/completing-gcse-as-and-a-level-reform/appendix-b/appendix-b/) indicates that Ofqual plan to discontinue Economics and Business Studies and Applied Business. So it looks like single economics or business studies is the only option from 2015?

Using Office Lense

I often find myself teaching in a traditional classroom. Here is an example of how a Windows Phone with the Office Lens app automatically converts a snap of whiteboard notes into something more legible - even given my hand writing

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After

Test post to see how embedding a PowerPoint from OneDrive works out

This is a test post to see how embedding a PowerPoint from OneDrive works out in practice:



Update: Need to work on folder permissions on the hosting OneDrive =

Draft Economics A Level Syllabuses (2015) links

Here is list links to the draft A level and AS Economics specifications and draft assessment materials and mark schemes for each of the exam boards. 

AQA A LEVEL ECONOMICS PROPOSALS A level AQA Economics from 2015 summary page AQA A level Economics Specification for first teaching in 2015 Paper 1: Specimen question paper and Paper 1: Specimen mark scheme Paper 2: Specimen question paper and Paper 2: Specimen mark scheme Paper 3: Specimen question paper and Paper 3: Specimen insert and Paper 3: Specimen mark scheme AQA AS ECONOMICS PROPOSALS AS level AQA Economics from 2015 summary page AQA AS Economics Specification for first teaching in 2015 Paper 1: Specimen question paper and Paper 1: Specimen mark scheme  Paper 2: Specimen question paper and Paper 2: Specimen mark scheme EDXCEL A LEVEL ECONOMICS PROPOSALS A level and AS Edxcdel Economics from 2015 summary page Draft specification - A level 2015 Draft sample assessment materials - A level 2015 EDXCEL AS LEVEL ECONOMICS PROPOSALS Draft specification - AS 2015 Draft sample assessment materials - AS 2015 OCR A LEVEL ECONOMICS PROPOSALS OCR Economics from 2015 summary page Specification (Draft) - A Level GCE Economics - H460 Unit H460/1 - Microeconomics - Sample assessment material Unit H460/2 - Macroeconomics - Sample assessment material   Unit H460/3 - Themes in economics - Sample assessment material OCR A LEVEL ECONOMICS PROPOSALS Specification (Draft) - AS Level GCE Economics - H060 Unit H060/1 - Microeconomics - Sample assessment material Unit H060/2 - Macroeconomics - Sample assessment material