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Elizabeth C. Matto – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
Events of recent years both in the United States and around the globe have highlighted the fragility of democracy. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has prompted educators to seek evidence-based civic engagement methods for helping students understand the invasion and its implications. This paper offers a set of recommendations on how to teach the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice
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Daniel Stockemer – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
In this article, I argue that critical junctures -- defined as sudden turning points in the historic trajectory of countries, institutions, and other units of analysis -- provide a propitious lens to teach the war in Ukraine. By analyzing the influence of this war on energy security in Europe and the world, its impact on public opinion on NATO…
Descriptors: Political Science, Teaching Methods, War, Foreign Countries
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Erickson, Joy Dangora; Thompson, Winston C. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
This article emerges from a stream of scholarship demonstrating the inadequacy of broad arguments favouring 'neutrality' as an alternative to 'directive normative instruction' in the early childhood classroom. We advance a moral educational framing of the tension between neutrality and normativity in education: specifically, we argue that…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Moral Values, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education
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Steven Michels – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
The advent of artificial intelligence and concerns over academic integrity have put instructors from every discipline on notice regarding the kinds of coursework we are assigning. But this is also a moment to deliver content in a manner that is clearer and more dynamic, use more active forms of learning, and improve the academic and professional…
Descriptors: Political Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Schultz, Annie – Educational Theory, 2020
In this article Annie Schultz argues that engaging with narratives of resistance and empowerment in literary fiction makes for an important addition to the practice of political education. She is interested, in particular, in what can be gained from the thoughtful contemplation modeled by the inner monologues of literary narrators. Many writers of…
Descriptors: Fiction, Role, Citizenship Education, Civics
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McMahon, John – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Given the increasing prevalence of podcast listening, especially among young adults with college education, it is important to consider how student-produced podcasts can impact the student experience in the classroom, contribute to a more participatory course, and help achieve learning objectives. To engage these issues, this article reflects on…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Political Science, Introductory Courses, Assignments
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Pietrzyk-Reeves, Dorota – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2020
In recent years, political theory has benefited from a neo-republican perspective that brought to the fore the conception of a 'republican democracy' which assumes a robust public sphere, civic involvement, and vigilance, as well as a neo-Roman conception of liberty understood as the absence of arbitrary power. Neo-republicanism, however, has not…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Democracy, Political Science, Service Learning
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Alves, Elia Elisa Cia; Silva, Ana Paula Maielo; Barbosa, Gabriela Gonçalves – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
This paper focuses on an analysis of an application of active learning in the international relations (IR) classroom. We present an experience of the so-called Challenge Game that allows the professor to explore analytical categories and basic assumptions of realist theory of IR. In addition, describing the operation of the game in its basic…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, International Relations, Political Science
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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
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Jason Seals – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2024
This article analyzes the Know Your Rights Camp's "Speaking Out Against the Violence of Policing and Oppression: A Political Education Curriculum" from the campaign founded by Colin Kaepernick. The article evaluates the curriculum with a multifaceted perspective, specifically, the approach to inform learners about their foundational…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Teaching Methods, Personal Autonomy, Student Empowerment
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Yamanaka, Sho – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2019
This paper discusses the significance of passions in political education through the consideration of Chantal Mouffe's agonistic democracy. Mouffe points out the role of the passions that facilitate organizing political identities, and presents the risks of eliminating passions. The liberal interpretation of democracy intends to eliminate passions…
Descriptors: Democracy, Political Science, Political Attitudes, Self Concept
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Snauwaert, Dale T. – Journal of Peace Education, 2020
This paper articulates a normative philosophical justification for Peace Education as a civic duty understood from within the imperatives of democratic political legitimacy. A normative philosophical rationale is present that outlines how and in what ways valid public justification is the source of political legitimacy in a democracy, which in…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Democratic Values, Democracy
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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
Katsikis, Demetris – Routledge Research in Education, 2021
"Towards Rational Education" explores how education can become rational by serving character building, rational thinking and the common good. It uses evidence-based psychology, philosophy, sociology and political science to support transforming education and provides a brand-new framework for effective universal education. This book…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Values Education, Teaching Methods
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Karlsson, Rasmus; Eriksson, Kalle – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2022
A perennial problem for teachers of political thought is to decide what thinkers to include in the required course readings. In many cases, teachers have come to rely on an established Western canon as they seek to build a shared disciplinary identity, impart key theoretical insights and provide common points of reference. Increasingly, however,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Literature, Western Civilization
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