Political Science Educator

Developing Global Citizenship: Introducing a Teaching Toolkit

October 19, 2020

Henrike Lehnguth • University of Maryland, College Park

Jenny Wüstenberg • University of Maryland, College Park


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2006 edition.


Ask any college teacher about the global awareness and knowledge displayed by …

Encouraging Reading and Discussion in Upper-Level Coursework

October 19, 2020

Maria Rost Rublee • University of Tampa


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2006 edition.  


My upper-level political science classes are focused on reading, discussion, writing, and presentations. I want students to grapple with material on …

Teaching American Politics: The Politics of Incorporating Multicultural Highlights Into a Traditional Curriculum

October 19, 2020

Gus Jones, Jr. • Miami University

Michelle G. Briscoe • Miami University


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s April 2006 edition.


Census reports reveal that the U.S. is increasingly becoming a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and a multi-racial …

Getting Started With SOTL

October 19, 2020

Jeffrey Bernstein • Eastern Michigan University

 John Ishiyama • Truman State University


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s April 2006 edition.  


During the 2006 American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, we were pleased to do …

Pedagogy: The Exploration and Utility of “Probabilities Pondering”

October 19, 2020

Emmanuel C. Nwagboso • Jackson State University


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s April 2006 edition.


“Probabilities Pondering” is a method of teaching that allows the professor to vigorously probe the students in the classroom through the …

Fostering Student Learning for Everyone on Presentation Day: How to Move Beyond Daydreaming and Friendship

October 19, 2020

Alison Rios Millett McCartney • Towson University


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s April 2006 edition.  


Many professors look forward to student presentations as much as they relish day-long committee meetings. In both cases, one hopes that …

Transformation and Assessment of the Introductory International Relations Course

October 19, 2020

Scott Erb • University of Maine, Farmington


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s August 2006 edition.  


On October 4, 2005, Chanda Luker, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide who was four years old when it began, spoke …

Applying Good Research Technique to Questions on Student Learning

October 19, 2020

Jeffrey L. Bernstein • Eastern Michigan University


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2005 edition. 


If your graduate school experience was similar to mine, teaching and research were viewed as two very different aspects of the …

Optimizing Class Participation

October 19, 2020

Nancy E. Wright • Long Island University – Brooklyn


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2005 edition.  


Class participation, while always a component of course grades, is not always assigned as useful a role as it …

“Experimenting with an Embedded Librarian in an American Government Class”

September 30, 2020

Shyam K. Sriram and Amelia Glawe – Georgia Perimeter College


This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Spring 2013 issue.


One of the most exciting new directions in our discipline has been the growing experimentation with library science‐social …

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