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Spring 2011

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 2

Categories: Education | Spring 2011

Using Drew Carey in the Classroom

Matthew J. Holian, San Jose State University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(2),2011,161-167UsingDrewCareyintheClassroomMatthewJ.Holian*SanJoseStateUniversityAbstractThisteachingnotedescribeshowtouseDrewCarey’sshortpublicpolicydocumentariesintheclassroom,andaspartofawritingassignmentforanintroductorymicroeconomicsclass.Studentsarechallengedtoidentifythecoremicroeconomicconceptsthatarerelevanttoreal-worldpolicymatters,includinghealthcare,immigrationandjobs.JELCodes:A1,A22Keywords:VideoteachingtoolsI.IntroductionCommentatorsonthecurrentstateofhighereducationoftenpointoutthatmostteachinginuniversitiesisdonethewaySocratesdidit2,400yearsago(Vedder,2004).Recently,however,anumberofwritershavebegunsystematicallydevelopingthepedagogyofusingvideosinconjunctionwithteachingeconomics.1Since2007,comedianDrewCareyhasreleasedtensofentertaining,shortdocumentaryvideosthatcanbeusedwithgreatsuccesstohighlightcoreeconomicconceptsaswellasmarket-basedpolicies.2Thesevideosareausefuladditiontotheclassroomtoolkitsofcollege*Ithankvaluablecommentsfromtheeditor,ananonymousreferee,theaudienceatAPEE’s2010conference,andMarkBrady.Asacomplementtothisarticle,IhavecreatedavideobasedaroundmypresentationattheAPEEconference.Ihavealsocreatedanumberofmultiplechoicequestions.Alinktothevideo,andthemultiple-choicequestions,areprovidedinthedraftversionofthisarticle,availablehere:http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/matthew.holian/drewcarey.pdf.1SeeDiamond(2009),MateerandLi(2008),Mateer(2005),Hall(2001),Formaini(2001),andHammocketal.(2000).2Therearecurrentlymorethan20episodesavailable.Thesevideosarepostedonhttp://reason.tvandhavesofarbeenavailableasfreestreamingInternetvideos.Forvideosthathighlightcontrastingpolicypositions,IusethePBSNewsHourwebsite;navigatingitcanbesomewhattricky,butstudentscanwatchstreamingfull-lengthepisodesattheirconvenience:http://video.pbs.org/program/979359630/.161

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Title	Using Drew Carey in the Classroom
Authors/Creators:	Matthew J. Holian, San Jose State University
Year:	2011
Volume:	26
Number:	2
Pages:	161 - 167
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Video teaching tools, Technology, Pedagogy

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Holian, Matthew J. / 2011. "Using Drew Carey in the Classroom." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(2): 161-167.