Mary Lopez

Learning by Teaching part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Service Learning:Examples
In this service learning project, college students work in groups of three to prepare a 55-minute interactive lesson on one of the topics listed on the syllabus and team teach the lesson to students at a local high school.

Service Learning Research part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Service Learning:Examples
Students will produce a report for a local non-profit organization in which they will evaluate the effectiveness of vocational training in improving the labor market opportunities for non-college bound youths. The report will be used by the organization when applying for grants.

Learning by Teaching part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Classroom Experiments:Examples
In this service learning project, college students work in groups of three to prepare a 55-minute interactive lesson on one of the topics listed on the syllabus and team teach the lesson to students at a local high school.

Mary J. Lopez part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Biographical profile page of Mary J. Lopez, Assistant Professor of Economics at Occidental College, detailing her academic background, research interests in labor economics, immigration, and race and gender, her teaching areas, and contact information, hosted on the Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics website.