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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John T Ishiyama; William J Miller; Eszter Simon |
ISBN: | 9781782548485 1782548483 |
OCLC Number: | 905649742 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 464 pages) illustrations. |
Contents: | Best practices in the American undergraduate political science curriculum / E. Fletcher McClellan -- Capstone courses and senior seminars as culminating experiences in undergraduate political science education / Paul E. Sum -- Teaching politics to practitioners / John Craig -- Best practices in professional development in graduate education / Clodagh Harris -- Distance and online course design / J. Simon Rofe -- Student and civic engagement: cultivating the skills, efficacy and identities that increase student involvement in learning and in public life / J. Cherie Strachan -- Curricular and program assessment techniques in the United States / Kerstin Hamann -- Performance assessment in Europe / Alasdair Blair -- Course based assessment and student feedback / William J. Miller -- Multidisciplinary approaches to teaching political science / Brenda Kauffman -- Promoting information literacy and information research / Stephen Thornton -- Internationalization of the curriculum (bologna process) / Erkki Berndtson -- Promoting employability and jobs skills via the political science curriculum / Simon Lightfoot -- After the apocalypse : a simulation for introduction to politics classes / Wendy L. Watson, Jesse Hamner, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Kimi King -- Teaching conflict and conflict resolution / Agnieszka Paczynska -- Teaching about diversity issues / Boris E. Ricks -- Teaching gender politics / Fiona Buckley -- Teaching graduate research methods / Mitchell Brown -- Teaching undergraduate research methods / Cristina Leston-Bandeira -- Teaching political theory / Matthew J. Moore -- Teaching controversial topics / David Malet --Teaching at the community college : faculty role, responsibilities and pedagogical techniques / Erin Richards -- Teaching international relations / Rebecca Glazier -- Effective syllabus design / John Ishiyama And Robert G. Rodriguez -- Integrating technology into the classroom / Gabriela Pleschova -- War, peace and everything in between : simulations in international relations / Victor Asal, Chad Raymond and Simon Usherwood -- Developing your own in-class simulations : design advice and a 'commons' simulation example / Mark A. Boyer And Elizabeth T. Smith -- Group work in political science: how to get collaboration into the classroom / Bobbi Gentry -- Designing team-based learning activities / Andreas Broscheid -- Experiential education in political science and international relations / Elizabeth Bennion -- Best practices in problem based learning / Heidi Maurer -- Developing student scholars : best practices in promoting undergraduate research / James M. Scott -- Teaching international relations with film and literature : using non-traditional texts in the classroom / Jennifer K. Lobasz And Brandon Valeriano -- Promoting course based writing in the discipline / Brian Smentkowski -- Best practices in undergraduate lecturing : how to make large classes work / Kinga Kas and Elizabeth Sheppard -- Political science and the scholarship of teaching / Jeffrey L. Bernstein -- Getting students to talk : best practices in promoting student discussion / Michael P. Marks. |
Responsibility: | edited by John Ishiyama, University of North Texas, USA; William J. Miller, Flagler College, USA; Eszter Simon, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. |
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`The editorial team of John Ishiyama, William J. Miller, and Eszter Simon have assembled an outstanding group of contributors who offer many highly useful insights and tools for more effective and innovative teaching in political science. An essential guide for anyone looking to teach political science and international relations at the university level, Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations is enhanced with the inclusion of thirty-seven seminal articles and is very highly recommended.' -- Midwest Book Review `Political scientists teach countless students at universities around the world. With the advent of online education and the growing demand for quality instruction, this new Handbook is very timely and valuable. The editors have assembled an outstanding group of authors who offer many highly useful insights and tools for more effective and innovative teaching in political science. This important book should be of broad interest to political scientists interested in cutting-edge curricular and pedagogical developments.' -- Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director, American Political Science Association `The Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations offers a valuable overview of the pedagogical practices and challenges in this discipline while aiming to equip educators with a useful set of practical tools for and ideas on innovating their teaching and designing engaging courses and programmes.' -- Journal of Contemporary European Research Read more...

