OZ.S: Teaching of Australian Economic History

[Warwick Frost]

Hi Simon

I'm currently in a Department of Management and do not teach EH. However, I still have a strong interest and would be happy to collaborate with others.

Would one possibility be a distance education unit (or series of units)? This could get over the problem of there not being enough students at each individual university.

Distance Education is now a lot easier than it was a few years ago. My university, for example, has an electronic subscription to AEHR and it's accordingly accessible by all staff and students. 

Another possibility would be block teaching of units.

Thanks

Warwick

sville at uow.edu.au wrote:> 
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> The purpose of this message is three-fold.
> Firstly, I would like to gain some idea of the extent to which Australian
> Economic History is being taught at Australian and New Zealand
> Universities, and at what level the subject is taught- for example,
> first, second, third year.
> Secondly, I would like to gauge the level of interest in teaching
> Australian Economic History on a cross-institutional basis. I am
> currently teaching at University of New England a second/third year
> survey unit on Australian Economic History which is under threat of being
> scrapped due to low enrolments. It is my perception that currently there
> are very few units on Australian Economic History being taught and those
> that do survive are also under threat. If a cross-institutional
> collaboration can be developed it will help to save the teaching of
> Australian Economic History at least in the medium-term. UNE already has
> a number of these collaborative programs running and is well-placed to
> “service� external/off-campus students.
> Thirdly, is there any interest in a meeting/symposium to discuss these
> issues and possibly initiate the design of an acceptable unit (or units)
> of study or adapt an existing unit. I am attending a two-day symposium
> next week on cross-institutional collaboration so I will be able to bring
> to a meeting of interested economic historians information on the
> requirements for, and the framework of, current collaborative programs.
> So, please let me now about what you are teaching in Australian Economic
> History, if you are interested in a collaborative approach to saving the
> discipline and/or getting together to discuss the situation.
> Cheers
> 
> Maxine Darnell
> School of Economics, UNE
> Phone: 02 6773 3595
> Fax: 02 6773 3596
> Email: mdarnell at une.edu.au
> 
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