Teaching
teaching_statement (Dainauskas, Justas).pdfTeaching Evaluations:
Below you can find a detailed quantitative breakdown of my teaching evaluations with unredacted anonymous student feedback and comments for just about every course I've ever taught. Not every term/year is covered throughout my teaching career due to administrative and storekeeping mishaps. Evaluation submission is not mandatory and students self-select, which means that enrollment numbers typically exceed participation numbers. Some evaluation forms aggregate across different courses that I taught in a given term. Overall, I score consistently around 4.5 (out of max 5.0) in class teaching and around 4.2 (out of max 5.0) in lecturing even when I teach 150+ hours per year. This is just above average compared to my peers. My best performance thus far is at LSE in 2022/23, where I scored 4.9 (out of max 5.0) in my class teaching and 4.4 (out of max 5.0) in lecturing. In hindsight, the key factors for this success are the fact that I was given the autonomy to design and deliver the course my way and only taught for 45 hours that whole year (i.e. 30 classes and 15 hours of lectures). Altogether, my teaching performance overview points to: (i) a cumulative experience effect in lecturing; (ii) no significant difference in performance between in-person and online teaching modes or across different courses and institutions; and (iii) above average performance independent of the teaching load.
International Economics (BSc) 2022/23, LSE
Lecturing: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).Class Teaching: 4.9 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 43 (out of 86 enrolled students).
International Economics (MSc) Michaelmas Term 2020, LSE
Lecturing: 4.0 (out of max 5.0).Class Teaching: 4.1 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 14 (out of 20 enrolled students).
Macroeconomics I (BSc) and International Economics (BSc) Lent Term 2021, LSE§ Online Delivery: 100 Hours §Class Teaching: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 89.
International Economics (BSc) Michaelmas Term 2020, LSE
§ Hybrid Delivery: 20 Hours Online, 30 Hours In-Person §
Class Teaching: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 52.
International Economics (BSc) Michaelmas Term 2019, LSE
Class Teaching: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 37.
Macroeconomics II (BSc) Spring 2018, York
Class Teaching: 4.5 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 45.
Macroeconomics I (BSc) Spring 2016, York
Class Teaching: 4.6 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 33.
Macroeconomics I (BSc) Autumn 2015, YorkClass Teaching: 4.6 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 35.
Below you can find a detailed quantitative breakdown of my teaching evaluations with unredacted anonymous student feedback and comments for just about every course I've ever taught. Not every term/year is covered throughout my teaching career due to administrative and storekeeping mishaps. Evaluation submission is not mandatory and students self-select, which means that enrollment numbers typically exceed participation numbers. Some evaluation forms aggregate across different courses that I taught in a given term. Overall, I score consistently around 4.5 (out of max 5.0) in class teaching and around 4.2 (out of max 5.0) in lecturing even when I teach 150+ hours per year. This is just above average compared to my peers. My best performance thus far is at LSE in 2022/23, where I scored 4.9 (out of max 5.0) in my class teaching and 4.4 (out of max 5.0) in lecturing. In hindsight, the key factors for this success are the fact that I was given the autonomy to design and deliver the course my way and only taught for 45 hours that whole year (i.e. 30 classes and 15 hours of lectures). Altogether, my teaching performance overview points to: (i) a cumulative experience effect in lecturing; (ii) no significant difference in performance between in-person and online teaching modes or across different courses and institutions; and (iii) above average performance independent of the teaching load.
International Economics (BSc) 2022/23, LSE
Lecturing: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).Class Teaching: 4.9 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 43 (out of 86 enrolled students).
International Economics (MSc) Michaelmas Term 2020, LSE
Lecturing: 4.0 (out of max 5.0).Class Teaching: 4.1 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 14 (out of 20 enrolled students).
Macroeconomics I (BSc) and International Economics (BSc) Lent Term 2021, LSE§ Online Delivery: 100 Hours §Class Teaching: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 89.
International Economics (BSc) Michaelmas Term 2020, LSE
§ Hybrid Delivery: 20 Hours Online, 30 Hours In-Person §
Class Teaching: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 52.
International Economics (BSc) Michaelmas Term 2019, LSE
Class Teaching: 4.4 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 37.
Macroeconomics II (BSc) Spring 2018, York
Class Teaching: 4.5 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 45.
Macroeconomics I (BSc) Spring 2016, York
Class Teaching: 4.6 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 33.
Macroeconomics I (BSc) Autumn 2015, YorkClass Teaching: 4.6 (out of max 5.0).N.O. Obs.: = 35.
Teaching Material:
International Economics (BSc) Syllabus
Lecture 1: Savings, Investment, and ImbalancesLecture 2: Sovereign DebtLecture 3: International PricesLecture 4: Money and Exchange RatesLecture 5: Exchange Rate RegimesLecture 6: International Monetary System
Problem Set 1: Consumption SmoothingProblem Set 2: Signs of Impending CrisesProblem Set 3: Evolution of Sovereign DebtProblem Set 4: Debt-Deflation TrapProblem Set 5: Cost of Living Crisis and UkraineProblem Set 6: Open Economy MicrofoundationsProblem Set 7: Sticky Prices and Exchange RateProblem Set 8: Fixed Exchange Rate SustainabilityProblem Set 9: From Bretton Woods to East Asian CrisisProblem Set 10: Mundell-Fleming Paradigm
More BSc and MSc teaching material used in the past will be added in the forthcoming months.
International Economics (BSc) Syllabus
Lecture 1: Savings, Investment, and ImbalancesLecture 2: Sovereign DebtLecture 3: International PricesLecture 4: Money and Exchange RatesLecture 5: Exchange Rate RegimesLecture 6: International Monetary System
Problem Set 1: Consumption SmoothingProblem Set 2: Signs of Impending CrisesProblem Set 3: Evolution of Sovereign DebtProblem Set 4: Debt-Deflation TrapProblem Set 5: Cost of Living Crisis and UkraineProblem Set 6: Open Economy MicrofoundationsProblem Set 7: Sticky Prices and Exchange RateProblem Set 8: Fixed Exchange Rate SustainabilityProblem Set 9: From Bretton Woods to East Asian CrisisProblem Set 10: Mundell-Fleming Paradigm
More BSc and MSc teaching material used in the past will be added in the forthcoming months.
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