Political Science Educator

Murder on an Island: A Classroom Simulation Introducing the American Legal System

February 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2

Reflections


By Matthew P. Thornburg (mthornburg@misericordia.edu and Elizabeth A. Georgian (georgian@usca.edu

Introduction

Our first day of class begins in an unusual way—with a murder. In our Introduction to the Law …

Super Bowl Forecasting: Turning the Big Game into a Big Lesson

February 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2

Reflections


By Debra Leiter (leiterd@umkc.edu) and Danielle Joesten Martin (danielle.martin@csus.edu)

Everyone loves a nail-biter, a close competition where the winner is left in doubt until the very last minute. …

Announcements, Copyright Policy, Submission Policy

February 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2

Back Matter (Announcements, Copyright Policy, Submission Policy)

APSA-PSE Pedagogy Fellow Call for Applicants
The Political Science Education Section seeks applications for its inaugural Pedagogy Fellows initiative. The first cohort of our Pedagogy Fellows

Message from the Section President (Winter/Spring 2025)

February 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2

Dear Colleagues,

A belated happy New Year to all, and it was wonderful to see so many of you recently at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference in Alexandria, VA.

A huge thank

A Conversation Between Student and Teacher On Learning to Love the Literature Review as Scaffolding

February 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2

By Cecilia McNair (cmcnair001@csbsju.edu) and Christi Siver (csiver@csbsju.edu)

SIVER: While my scholarly interests are primarily at the intersection of international security and human rights[1], as a professor …

Message from the Section President (Summer/Fall 2024)

June 7, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1


As another spring semester comes to close, I want to reflect on our accomplishments and our future as a section.

Work on updating the mission statement for the section is ongoing.

I am …

Announcements (Summer/Fall 2024)

June 7, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Member Announcements

Lauren Bell, Allison Rank, and Carah Ong Whaley will publish an edited volume in July 2024, Civic Pedagogies: Teaching Civic Engagement in an era of Divisive Politics with Palgrave Macmillan. Several …

Political Science Exams in the Age of AI

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Erik Ringmar (erik@ringmar.net)

When ChatGPT-3.5 was released on the world in the fall of 2022, there was a collective sense of amazement. This was not a ghost in a …

Considering Edtech in Political Science Teaching: Data Literacy, Privacy Rights, and the Role of Government in Regulation

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Janet L. Donavan (janet.donavan@colorado.edu)

 As a political scientist who regularly teaches Introduction to American Politics and Media and Politics, helping students develop information literacy is a key learning goal …

Can Chat GPT and Crowdsourced Forecasting Help Students Think About International Relations? A New Class Assignment

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Justin Robertson (justin.robertson@cityu.edu.hk)

The arrival of ChatGPT has sparked existential questions about the future of the humanities and social sciences and has been accompanied in its wake by a …

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