Teaching, students

Is teaching a joke?

Teaching is not a joke for me, I enjoy it and take it very seriously. I've been awarded an outstanding teaching performance assessment by the Spanish evaluation agency (DOCENTIA-ANECA). However, in my classes, there is nothing more serious than a funny joke.

Over the years I've become convinced that good humor and having fun is an integral part of the learning process. But also punctuality, thus the cost of coming late to class is telling an economics-related joke. Here you can read why this is effective on many levels.

Recommentations for undergraduate students conducting a research project

Over the years, I've supervised many reseach projects (class projects, undergraduate thesis and master thesis. Here some general recommentations for conducting a research project and some examples:
Tips for counducting a reaseach project [in Spanish] [in English]

Example: Life expectancy and income [in Spanish] [in English] [with code] [Daset and code in R]

Example: Effect of the MERCOSUR-EU Treaty on the Agricultural Sector [in Spanish] [with code] [Daset and code in R]

Textbook and Teaching Publications

 “Learning by teaching and assessing: A teaching experience” with Apetrei, A.  & Sapena, J.
in Peris-Ortiz, M., Gómez, J.A., Vélez-Torres, F. and Rueda-Armengot, C. (Eds), Education Tools for Entrepreneurship (2016), p. 29–38. Geneva: Springer. [DOI] [PDF]

“Creación de nuevas empresas internacionales: inversión extranjera directa” with Sapena, J.
Creación de Empresas y Emprendimiento: de Estudiante a Empresario (2014), p. 341–347. Madrid: Pearson Education. [DOI]

“Emprendimiento en pymes y grandes empresas” with Sapena, J.
Creación de Empresas y Emprendimiento: de Estudiante a Empresario (2014), p. 359–366. Madrid: Pearson Education. [DOI]

“Economía con humor. El chiste como recurso docente frente a la impuntualidad” with Comas, I.
XII Jornadas sobre Docencia de Economía Aplicada (2016) [PDF]
[Media coverage: ALDE]

“Aprender enseñando y evaluando: Una experiencia docente” with Sapena, J.
XI Jornadas sobre Docencia de Economía Aplicada (2015) [PDF]

Tutoring and office hours

Subjects taught and teaching methods