Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in economics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Also called: Economics Instructor, Economics Professor, Instructor, Professor
Knowledge:
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Analytical Thinking
- Achievement/Effort
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Independence
- Attention to Detail
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- Minitab
- The MathWorks MATLAB
Computer based training software
- Blackboard Learn
- Learning management system LMS
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Word
