A Newsletter of the Political Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association
Summer/Fall 2023 issue (Volume 27, Issue 1)
Editors: Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College) & Colin M. Brown (Northeastern University)
Message from the Section President | Joseph W. Roberts
The Teacher-Scholar
Overcoming Party Polarization in the Classroom | Elizabeth A. Bennion
Reflections
Thinking Politically about AP US Government | Michael Christopher Sardo
Confessions Of A Pocho Professor: Teaching Latinx Politics When No One Knows What That Means | Matt Lamb
The Importance Of Data Soft Skills: Reinforcing Data Acquisition, Cleaning, And Communication In The Quantitative Analysis Classroom | Steven Perry
In Part Usage of AI And Academic Integrity | Cristina Juverdeanu
A Brief Reflection on Social Movements | Adil Yildiz
Assignments & Course Design
Learning By Doing: The Power Of Active Learning And Authentic Assessments In The Political Science Classroom | Nicholas Kapoor and Carrie LeVan
Liberty and Responsibility: Creating a Workshop Class in Applied Politics for Undergrad and Grad Students | Niva Golan-Nadir
Teaching Undergraduates to Work with Archival Documents | Erica DeBruin and Clara Harding
Any Questions? Podcasting as a Way to Flip the Classroom | Louise Pears, Marine Gueguin, and Harry Swinhoe
Assessing Media Literacy Approaches in International Studies | Ruth Castillo, Sarah Fisher, and Kayce Mobley
The Benefits of Early Student Involvement with Civic Engagement Programs | Anthony Franklin and William O’Brochta
Interview
Model UN as Active and Engaged Learning: An Interview with Cheryl Van Den Handel | Matt Evans
Reviews
The Upswing: A Heterodox Approach to Reading Material in the Intro to American Classroom | Justin Curtis
Teaching Political Science through the Mind of Philip Roth: A 2020 Election Case Study | Shyam K. Sriram and Raziya Hillery
Short Reviews of Harvey, Fielder and Gibb (2022): “Simulations in the Political Science Classroom” and Nguyen (2020): “Games: Agency as Art” | Matt Evans and Colin Brown
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