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Hendrickson, Petra – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
What is the impact of active learning techniques on student excitement, interest, and self-efficacy in a course? An American Foreign Policy and National Security course was designed around the utilization of a number of active learning techniques, including simulations, a debate, and counterfactual analysis. Students in the course were surveyed…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Self Efficacy
Mattlin, Mikael – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
This article explores the hidden educational potential in the board game "Diplomacy." While commonly recognized as a good low-cost negotiation simulation and a useful teaching platform, the original game version over-emphasizes the conflictual nature of international relations and presents an image of international relations that is not…
Descriptors: Political Science, Teaching Methods, Educational Games, International Relations
Lovell, Darrell; Khatri, Cassandra – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Simulation methodology has moved toward using different types of real-world scenario-based learning constructs to improve applied understanding of political science concepts and theories. This type of active learning has become popular in the upper divisions of undergraduate and graduate political science. This reflection addresses the variance in…
Descriptors: Political Science, Community Colleges, Introductory Courses, Simulation
Baumann, Erin; FitzGibbon, John – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Simulations have long been an important pedagogical tool in the fields of Politics and International Relations. Their more widespread use, however, has been prevented by a combination of perceived barriers to entry in required time and planning. This article seeks to help faculty overcome these barriers and to lessen the burdens associated with…
Descriptors: Political Science, Simulation, Teaching Methods, College Faculty
Naujoks, Daniel – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
This essay introduces and analyzes a one-class role-play simulation during which students engage in stakeholder negotiations on how to respond to a large flow of refugees between two fictional African countries. Participants acquire an in-depth knowledge of arguments regarding granting and restricting refugees' freedom of movement and civil and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Emergency Shelters, International Relations, Teaching Methods
Williams, Ryan J.; Chergosky, Anthony J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2019
This article describes various iterations of a Supreme Court simulation that we developed for undergraduate political science classes. We address when simulations should be used to introduce a topic to students, and when simulations should be used to develop students' understanding of a topic after introducing it. In the simulations, we played the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Simulation, Political Science, Teaching Methods
Fischer, Beth A. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2019
Stories can be employed in a variety of ways in college classrooms--such as in case studies, simulations, and problem-based learning (PBL) activities. Sometimes these stories are historically accurate, while in other instances they are fictional. What might be the benefits and challenges of using fictional narratives? This article draws upon data…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, College Students
Hazen, Timothy A. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2019
This review examines the Model United Nations (MUN) program at the collegiate level and provides useful information for advisors that are leading MUN for the first time.
Descriptors: Political Science, Simulation, International Organizations, Role Playing
Bridge, Dave – Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
With so many role-playing simulations already in the political science education literature, the recent repeated calls for new games is both timely and appropriate. This article answers and extends those calls by advocating the creation of probabilistic games using Microsoft Excel. I introduce the example of the Stag Hunt Game--a short, effective,…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Educational Games, Probability, Role Playing
Obradovic, Lana; Black, Michelle – Journal of Political Science Education, 2020
Although deterrence was one of the cornerstones of the international relations field for much of the 20th century, today surveys demonstrate that most students lack even a basic understanding of this concept. Yet, in the light of recent events on the Korean Peninsula, in China, and the post-Soviet space, our civilian and military leaders continue…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, International Relations, Critical Thinking, Strategic Planning
Bridge, Dave – Journal of Political Science Education, 2014
Using an example, this article demonstrates how instructors can make use of popular off-the-shelf board games to model politics. I show how the rules of the popular board game "Battleship" can be manipulated to simulate centralization of power and, more specifically, the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the…
Descriptors: Games, Political Issues, Politics, Simulation
McMahon, Sean F.; Miller, Chris – Simulation & Gaming, 2013
This article reflects critically on simulations. Building on the authors' experience simulating the Palestinian-Israeli-American Camp David negotiations of 2000, they argue that simulations are useful pedagogical tools that encourage creative--but not critical--thinking and constructivist learning. However, they can also have the deleterious…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Graduate Students
Osgood, Jeffery L.; Stangl, Chris; Bernotsky, R. Lorraine – Journal of Political Science Education, 2012
This essay contributes to the growing literature on the benefits of using in-class simulations. We find that the use of a simulation in an urban politics class improved student achievement and understanding of theoretical concepts across a range of measures regardless of student GPA or major status. Special care was taken to ensure the simulation…
Descriptors: Local Government, Urban Areas, Political Science, Theories
Siegel, David A.; Young, Joseph K. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2009
We present two simulations designed to convey the strategic nature of terrorism and counterterrorism. The first is a simulated hostage crisis, designed primarily to illustrate the concepts of credible commitment and costly signaling. The second explores high-level decision making of both a terrorist group and the state, and is designed to…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Resource Allocation, Simulation, Crisis Management
Levintova, Ekaterina; Johnson, Terri; Scheberle, Denise; Vonck, Kevin – Journal of Political Science Education, 2011
Globalization, global citizenship, and political engagement have become such buzzwords and cliches that we often lose the sense of their meaning. Global citizenship in particular is an elusive concept to operationalize. This article proposes to look at three dimensions of global citizenship: legal (rights and obligations), psychological…
Descriptors: Assignments, Political Science, Introductory Courses, Citizenship
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