Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend, ebennion@iusb.edu
This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 issue.
As a political scientist, and teacher-scholar, I am eager to use my research and teaching skills to equip …
APSA’s Political Science Education section’s newsletter.
Table of Contents
Information
Message from Section President
Terry Gilmour
The Teacher-Scholar Column
Rethinking the Role of the University in Promoting Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement
Elizabeth A. Bennion, Ph.D.
Community College Voices
Using …
Terry Gilmour, Midland College, tgilmour@midland.edu
This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series.
Dear Section:
My last update was right before the Teaching and Learning Conference in Albuquerque in February of this year. Wow! …
Victor Asal, State University of New York, Albany
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Winter 2017 issue.
I am writing to you as the new editor in chief of the Journal of Political Science Education (JPSE). …
Adam Irish University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Spring 2012 edition.
My first experiences teaching students to write occurred during a two‐year stint as a Teach For America (TFA) teacher in Las …
Ellen Grigsby – University of New Mexico
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Spring 2011 issue.
Political theory instructors seeking to emphasize close textual analysis may find it challenging to teach in such a manner as to …
Kenneth W. Foster • Concordia College
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s February 2008 issue.
When I took up an assistant professor position in 2003 at the University of British Columbia (UBC—I left this past summer, as …
Lanethea Mathews-Gardner • Muhlenberg College
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s April 2007 issue.
This essay explores several important pedagogical lessons that emerged from a multiple-semester service learning partnership between students in introductory American National Government classes …
John Ishiyama • Truman State University
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s April 2007 edition.
“Active learning” is a buzzword in higher education. There is good reason to believe that it promotes student learning better than “passive” …
Mark Sachleben • Shippensburg University
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2006 edition.
As Scott Erb pointed out in a previous issue of this publication, students often become angry with themselves for being ignorant of international …