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Including the "real" world: Bridging the gap between the real and the ideal. Paul Maughan paul.maughan@uct.ac.za. Why am I here?. It is a desire of mine not to allow my course material to remain unchanged year-in and year-out.
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Including the "real" world: Bridging the gap between the real and the ideal Paul Maughan paul.maughan@uct.ac.za
Why am I here? • It is a desire of mine not to allow my course material to remain unchanged year-in and year-out. • The ideal is represented by a learning environment in which students are grappling with events as they unfold. • The real is however often characterised by students being overwhelmed by the challenge of where to start or underwhelmed by the perceived benefit of the exercise.
Are you in the right place? Bottom-upstrategies that have been attempted to include the real world in the classroom experience.
Are you in the right place? • Google (News and Reader) • Kindle clippings • YouTube videos • Twitter • Case Studies • Share trading competition • Cellphone photo’s • Good old-fashioned newspapers • Inventory management – electronic and hardcopy
Kindle clippings The International Herald Tribune (The International Herald Tribune) - Highlight Loc. 871-75 | Added on Saturday, October 08, 2011, 05:14 PM In the first act, bankers took advantage of deregulation to run wild (and pay themselves princely sums), inflating huge bubbles through reckless lending. In the second act, the bubbles burst — but bankers were bailed out by taxpayers, with remarkably few strings attached, even as ordinary workers continued to suffer the consequences of the bankers’ sins. And, in the third act, bankers showed their gratitude by turning on the people who had saved them, throwing their support — and the wealth they still possessed thanks to the bailouts — behind politicians who promised to keep their taxes low and dismantle the mild regulations erected in the aftermath of the crisis. ========== The International Herald Tribune (The International Herald Tribune) - Highlight Loc. 994-95 | Added on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 08:46 PM They’re people who got rich by peddling complex financial schemes that, far from delivering clear benefits to the American people, helped push us into a crisis whose after effects continue to blight the lives of tens of millions of their fellow citizens.
Share Trading Competition You will be allocated a notional amount of R100 000 to invest in the JSE. The goal is to record the greatest gain (excluding dividends) over the 2 month period (4 August – 4 October). Your initial share(s) will be chosen in class on Thursday 4 August and the closing price on that date will be used. After that trading can only occur via email (paul.maughan@uct.ac.za) and the prices used for calculations will be those at the close of the day. Every time you buy shares, there will be a trading cost of R1 000 regardless of how many you buy (so be careful – too much churn will cost). Good websites: www.jse.co.za – This contains a beginner’s guide and is worth browsing to get a feel www.moneyweb.co.za – Look under “Click a company” to see more detail about a share The share prices are published in the business sections of all major newspapers DISCLAIMER: This is notional money – no real money is involved!
Are you in the right place? Bottom-upstrategies that have been attempted to include the real world in the classroom experience.
Are you in the right place? Exampleswill include how to make maximise use of: Google (News and Reader) Kindle clippings YouTube videos Twitter Case Studies Share trading competition Cellphone photo’s Good old-fashioned newspapers.
Including the "real" world: Bridging the gap between the real and the ideal Paul Maughan paul.maughan@uct.ac.za
