Political Science Educator

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …