Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 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 shaping foreign policy and public opinion (Entman 2004; Baum 2002). However, the discipline possesses room…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Assignments and Course Design Louise Pears, Leeds University, Marine Gueguin, Leeds University, and Harry Swinhoe, Leeds University The public increasingly relies on podcasts to know important things about the world. Edison (2023) suggests that 62% of Americans have listened to a podcast, with regular listening habits higher amongst…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Assignments and Course Design Erica DeBruin, Hamilton College, and Clara Harding, Hamilton College An essential part of helping students to think like political scientists is teaching them about how research is conducted—including the different sources of evidence scholars use, and the challenges involved in drawing inferences from them….
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Assignments and Course Design Niva Golan-Nadir, University at Albany, State University of New York, and Reichman University An applied politics workshop that pairs abstract theory of politics with conventional politics provides a textbook example of hands-on instruction and lively student participation for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. To…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Assignments and Course Design Nicholas Kapoor, Fairfield University, and Carrie LeVan, Colby As students, many of us experienced years of passive learning, where teachers act as the primary agents of education as experts who thoughtfully pass down knowledge to their students. Through this sage-on-the-stage model, teachers lectured to…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Reflections Adil Yildiz, University of Mississippi Throughout history, social movements have played an essential role in shaping society and promoting change. From the Women’s Suffrage Movement to the Civil Rights Movement, they have empowered individuals to challenge injustice and advocate for their rights. As a society, we owe…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Reflections Michael Christopher Sardo, [1] This academic year, I taught AP United States Government and Politics (APUSG) to about sixty high school juniors and seniors. My students are among the nearly three hundred thousand high school students who took the APUSG exam, one of the most popular AP…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Reflections Matt Lamb, Texas Tech University “What is Latinx Politics?”[1] I start the first day of my class “Introduction to Latinx Politics in the United States” with this question. The students don’t know it yet, but I’ve just launched the opening salvo of a discussion that will dominate the…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Reflections Steven Perry, Rice University Over the past few years, I have taught a series of undergraduate and graduate courses on policy analysis and methodology, data visualization, and R programing for quantitative analysis. In each of these courses, as an exercise in data exploration and overcoming the challenges…
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1 Reflections Cristina Juverdeanu In academic integrity and assessment and feedback circles, we had merely started talking about the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) for academic integrity when we were introduced to ChatGPT, the most advanced model to date, which had commenced its operations in November 2022. At these…