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Open Pedagogy: Charting the Potential to Co-create Non-disposable Objects with Students in Your Classes

February 12, 2024

This interview is the third installment in a Q&A series focused on education and politics. Matt Evans, Professor of Political Science at Northwest Arkansas Community College, interviewed Jamie Witman, the Open Educational Practices Specialist at the Open Education Network[1], about open pedagogy. The concept of open pedagogy centers on students co-creating knowledge with faculty and…

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Comparing Various Technologies to Encourage Undergraduate Student Participation

February 12, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Elizabeth Dorssom (DorssomE@lincolnu.edu) Encouraging course participation among undergraduate students can be one of the most difficult yet rewarding aspects of teaching. There are a variety of reasons that many undergraduate students are less inclined to engage in class discussions, including, but not limited to, nervousness to…

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Announcements Spring/Winter 2024

February 12, 2024

Member Announcements   Victor Asal published “The Use of Popular Songs and Cartoons in Teaching Introduction to International Relations and Comparative Politics” in International Studies Perspectives (with Inga Miller and Andrew Vitek)   Elizabeth A. Bennion was selected to receive the Roland Kelly Award – an award presented annually during the Dr. Martin Luther King,…

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Reflections on Teaching International Relations and Zombies in a Post-zombie World

February 12, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Kristen Rosero (roserok@wit.edu) Zombies used to be a fun way for me to teach International Relations. Now, I’m not so sure. For some context, I teach political science at a polytechnic institution where none of my students are political science majors. This has always presented both…

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Student Engagement and Campus Interviews

February 12, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Ryan Gibb (ryan.gibb@bakeru.edu) Cultivating an engaged public is at least part of the responsibility of university professors. As such, it is necessary to help to connect students with their political environments. Politics is salient in students’ lives, but as an academic subject it can be alienating….

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Reflections on the Importance of Graduate Student Panels for Graduate Students

February 12, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Robert Tanner Bivens (Z1844745@students.niu.edu) I recently attended a smaller, regional political science conference. In addition to workshopping the article version of my dissertation, this was my first year on the job market as a late-stage ABD and I thought that it would be a wise decision…

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Message from the Section President

February 12, 2024

As I enter my second year of leading the Political Science Education section, I hope everyone had a happy holiday and wish you a peaceful and joyous new year. It was so exciting to see so many of you in Los Angeles for the annual meeting. In my column for this year, I want to…

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Transforming Civics for High-need Students by Using Design-based Implementation Research

February 8, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Diana Owen (owend@georgetown.edu), Donna P. Phillips (phillips@civiced.org), and Alissa Irion-Groth (irion@civiced.org) The civic mission of schools—providing students with “the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and responsible citizens through their lives” (Carnegie Corporation of New York and CIRCLE 2003, 4)—has become…

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Using Science Fiction and Creative Writing in a Political Science Classroom

February 8, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Jeremy F. G. Moulton (jeremy.moulton@york.ac.uk) Aside from reading the odd political thriller novel, for many the link between creative writing and political science will seem like a tenuous one. The use of the scientific method (as the name political science obviously implies) means that the study…

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Life Isn’t Fair But Our Classrooms Could Be: Mitigating Stress to Address Academic Dishonesty

February 8, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2 Reflections By Darrell Carter (darrell.carter@unlv.edu) The current events shaping student development and perception have taught a common enough lesson that may systematically alter student norms on academic dishonesty. Living through events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, mass protest movements, climate change, mass shootings teaches students that “life ain’t…

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