The Teacher-Scholar
Elizabeth Bennion (ebennion@iusb.edu)
I recently received a request from the St. Joe Valley Notre Dame Club to co-present the annual Hesburgh lecture. They asked me to team up …
Civil Discourse: Helping Students to Become Conversation Partners Read More »
Reflections
By Elizabeth Dorssom (DorssomE@lincolnu.edu)
Active learning is an important component of classrooms as it helps students reinforce information after listening to a professor’s lecture (Lang 2021). The incorporation of active learning …
Using a Smart Board to teach federalism in American National Government Read More »
August 9, 2022 | Preparing Teaching Materials for the Job Market
Sondra Richards (Professor of Government, Department Chair of Government, Criminal Justice, and Paralegal programs) discusses the key components of a teaching portfolio, its role in your job market application, …
Pedagogy Workshop: Preparing Teaching Materials for the Job Market Read More »
Reviews
Harvey, Mark, James Fielder, and Ryan Gibb (Eds.). 2022. Simulations in the Political Science Classroom: Games without Frontiers. Taylor & Francis.
Matt Evans, Northwest Arkansas Community College
This edited volume contains …
Reviews
Shyam K. Sriram and Raziya Hillery
Introduction[1]
Kanye West’s recent antisemitic, pro-Hitler tirades alarmed many people, made him into a pariah for mainstream society, and turned him into a hero for …
Teaching Political Science through the Mind of Philip Roth: A 2020 Election Case Study Read More »
Reviews
Justin Curtis
A perennial concern for instructors of Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics revolves around which textbook to assign. Among many considerations, instructors must weigh the methodological approach favored in the …
The Upswing: A Heterodox Approach to Reading Material in the Intro to American Classroom Read More »
Interviews
This interview is the second installment in a Q&A series focused on education and politics. Matt Evans, Professor of Political Science at Northwest Arkansas Community College, interviewed Dr. Cheryl Van Den Handel …
Model UN as Active and Engaged Learning: An Interview with Cheryl Van Den Handel Read More »
Assignments and Course Design
Anthony Franklin, Louisiana Tech University, and William O’Brochta, Texas Lutheran Univeristy
Political scientists have long been instrumental in establishing and promoting a campus culture that fosters civic engagement among …
The Benefits of Early Student Involvement with Civic Engagement Programs Read More »
Assignments and Course Design
Ruth Castillo, Emory and Henry College, Sarah Fisher, Emory and Henry College, and Kayce Mobley, Bethany College
Political scientists have long recognized the importance of the news media in …
Assessing Media Literacy Approaches in International Studies Read More »
