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Mokhtar Tabari

Teaching

Teaching & Pedagogy

Course history, teaching effectiveness, and research on pedagogy.

Teaching philosophy

His teaching is grounded in three commitments. First, meeting students where they are: he teaches learners from a wide range of academic, cultural, and professional backgrounds — from first-year undergraduates encountering supply and demand for the first time to working-professional MBAs — and designs his courses so that economic theory becomes accessible without losing rigor.

Second, evidence-based pedagogy. He treats teaching as an empirical question. He has designed and tested classroom approaches that combine flipped instruction, peer assessment, generative AI for active learning, and live case studies, and has published this work in peer-reviewed venues.

Third, connecting theory to the world. He wants students to leave a course with the analytical habits to make sense of the economy they will graduate into — using contemporary policy debates, real data, and case material drawn from the firms and markets they will encounter.

Research on teaching

Selected pedagogical work, including peer-reviewed papers on flipped classroom design, peer assessment, generative AI for active learning, and live case studies.

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AI-Generated Think-Pair-Share (AI-TPS) Framework

A pedagogical framework that uses generative AI to help instructors efficiently produce customized, up-to-date active-learning exercises for principles of economics — reducing instructor preparation costs and making evidence-based pedagogy more scalable.

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Flipped Classroom + Peer Assessment for MBA Economics

An integrated course design developed and tested over two consecutive terms with incoming MBA students. Surveys show improved engagement, deeper understanding, and stronger self-assessment skills.

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03

Live Case Studies in Graduate Business Courses

A randomized control trial design measuring the effect of live business cases on graduate students' confidence in real-world problem-solving, communication, and leadership.

Courses taught

Independent appointments as instructor of record across five post-secondary institutions in Canada.

2022 – Present
  • ECON 100Introduction to EconomicsPrinciples
  • ECON 111Principles of Microeconomic TheoryPrinciples

University Canada West

Assistant Professor

2020 – 2026
  • MBAF 504Business EconomicsGraduate
  • ECON 104Principles of MacroeconomicsPrinciples
  • ECON 102Principles of MicroeconomicsPrinciples
  • MATH 101Business MathematicsMethods
  • MATH 201Business StatisticsMethods
  • MATH 202Quantitative Decision MakingMethods
  • BUSI 100Introduction to BusinessFoundations

Thompson Rivers University

Sessional Instructor

2020 – 2022
  • ECON 1900Principles of MicroeconomicsPrinciples
  • ECON 2330Statistics for Business and EconomicsMethods

Teaching assistantships

University of Calgary · 2014 – 2020

Teaching assistant for a broad set of undergraduate and graduate economics courses, including graduate-level International Trade, Econometrics I, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Empirical Energy Economics, Economics of Natural Resources, Statistics for Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, and related applied microeconomics courses.

Department service

  • Course Lead, MBAF 504: Business Economics · University Canada West · Over 25 sections
    2022 – 2025

Professional development in teaching

  • LEADing in Learning: Teaching with AI (Certificate) · Capilano University
    2024
  • Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching workshops · Thompson Rivers University
  • Teaching Online Series · UBC Sauder School of Business
  • Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) · Taylor Institute, University of Calgary
    2018

Teaching materials, references, and syllabi

Sample syllabi, course evaluations, and references are available on request.

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