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Marks, Peter; Knassmüller, Monika – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic forced surprised governments worldwide to act fast and decisively, often revealing lack of preparation for this kind of situation. However, such crises are expected to occur far more frequently than ever before. To keep societies prospering, governments, administrations, and civil servants will have to adapt quickly and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Resilience (Psychology), Educational Change
Ahmed, Shamima – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
Research has documented that applied projects that are experiential and grounded in the course contents offer effective hands-on experience to students to understand the course materials and apply their learnings in a meaningful way. Experiential learning is particularly relevant to Master of Public Administration Programs (MPA), which are usually…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Public Administration Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Experiential Learning
Alexandra Morrison; Adam M. Wellstead; Helen Dickinson – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
The use of algorithms and automation of public services is not new, but in recent years there has been a step change in processing power and a decrease in the price of these technologies, which means we are seeing more widespread use. These advances are reframing our perception of what matters in ways that impact the ethical dimensions of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Public Administration, Ethics, Teaching Methods
Leight, Matthew D.; Abbott, Michaela – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
Master of Public Administration (MPA) alumni face increasingly diverse and global professional expectations. Public affairs specialists generally go on to manage complex partnerships that involve a wide array of participants. Public administration education ought to do its part to ensure these graduates succeed. In this sense, we offer comparative…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Public Affairs Education, Public Administration Education, Global Approach
Bruce D. McDonald III; William Hatcher; Hunter Bacot; Michelle D. Evans; Sean A. McCandless; Lindsey M. McDougle; Sarah L. Young; Ian C. Elliott; Rachel Emas; Elaine Yi Lu; Michaela E. Abbott; Domonic A. Bearfield; RaJade M. Berry-James; Brandi Blessett; Erin L. Borry; John Diamond; Amiee L. Franklin; Tia Sheree Gaynor; Ting Gong; Doug Goodman; Mary E. Guy; Jeremy L. Hall; Megan Hatch; Myung H. Jin; Meagan M. Jordan; Jamie Levine Daniel; Jeannine M. Love; Craig S. Maher; Charles Menifield; Janine O'Flynn; Rosemary O'Leary; Peng Liu; Cristian Pliscoff; Gabriel Puron-Cid; Sara R. Rinfret; Jessica E. Sowa; Edmund C. Stazyk; Kendra Stewart; Ador R. Torneo; Kimberly K. Wiley; Yahong Zhang – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Two essential questions for those leading the field of public administration are: What do we teach our students, and how do we train them? As scholars, we pay significant attention to our research, often to the detriment of recognizing the potential for merging our research with teaching through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Scholarship, College Faculty, Educational Research
Powell, David C. – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
Case study analysis has been used for many years across a variety of disciplines. One of the primary advantages of case study analysis is its ability to illustrate the nexus between theory and practice. This paper explores the use of case study analysis as a culminating experience in a large Master of Public Administration (MPA) program in the…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Case Studies, Masters Programs, Theory Practice Relationship
Luiz César Silva; Isabel Maria Macedo; Maria Thompson – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
Global disruptions are marking our days and calling on individuals, institutions, and the State for institutional change. Given the need to understand changing processes and their implications for society and public policy, it is vital to equip Public Administration students with the knowledge of relevant theories to assess the complexity of such…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Teaching Methods, Organizational Change, Public Policy
Ongaro, Edoardo – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
Public administration can be considered as an applied, interdisciplinary field, whose study demands the contribution of a range of disciplines, including political science, management, law, sociology and others. The article argues that the disciplines of public administration should also include philosophy, not as a discipline (philosophy is not a…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Public Administration Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Higher Education
Gersel, Johan; Thaning, Morten Sørensen – Journal of Management Education, 2020
Departing from discussions at Research in Management Learning & Education (RMLE) Unconferences, we identify the problem of practical deliberation: When faced with multiple, relevant theories that all demand to be given weight in a process of deliberation, how do management students, while drawing on these theories, justify their choice? Based…
Descriptors: Management Development, Decision Making, Public Administration, Masters Programs
Sarter, E. K. – Teaching Public Administration, 2020
The ability to engage with empirical research in a meaningful way is a vital skill for public administration (PA) students and graduates. Yet, while research methods are essential skills for PA students, it is widely acknowledged that teaching research methods in the context of social science programmes and PA in particular faces challenges. To…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Research Methodology, Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning
Baracskay, Daniel – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
Diversity, cultural competency, and global awareness are three broad and mutually reinforcing conceptual themes in the literature of American public affairs education that are rarely implicitly interconnected. A primary challenge has concerned how to teach these themes, either separately or in unison, when designing courses and curricula to…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Public Affairs Education, Teaching Methods, Diversity
Fenwick, John – Teaching Public Administration, 2018
In this article, the aim is to explore some of the key themes to emerge in the journal during the past two decades. Each selected theme will be reviewed in the light of issues raised in particular papers. The aim of this approach is, first, to facilitate reflection upon the contribution of the journal as its subject matter has moved from a concern…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Thematic Approach, Journal Articles
Swain, Randall D. – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the value of applying the lessons of successful historical battlefield commanders to teach leadership concepts and theories. This article uses the experience of Napoleon Bonaparte's "Grande Armee" at the Battle of Austerlitz to illustrate these concepts. Utilizing Napoleon's success in this…
Descriptors: War, Administrators, Leadership Training, History
Nemec, Juraj; Burak, Emil – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
The goal of this paper is to provide a comparative account of tax administration training systems in V4 countries. We also compare their structure to basic training principles, such as those set out by the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations. Because of limited data availability we concentrated on basic characteristics, not on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Taxes, Public Administration, Job Training
Denison, Dwight V.; Kim, Saerim – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2019
There is a growing interest in the nonprofit sector among the students and graduates of Master of Public Administration (MPA)/Master of Public Policy (MPP) programs. In response, curricula have attempted to incorporate fundamental competencies necessary for success in the nonprofit sector. This article explores the educational demands from the…
Descriptors: Money Management, Public Administration, Masters Programs, Nonprofit Organizations