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Carah Ong Whaley; Dena Pastor; Abraham Goldberg – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Mandated under Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, the decennial census determines the distribution of power and resources based upon population counts. College students are a hard-to-count population with limited knowledge about why the census matters and how to complete it. Politics and the global health pandemic made the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, College Students, Citizen Participation, Civics
Amanda M. Rosen; Lisa Kerr – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
To what extent does educational gaming add value to more traditional instructional models in learning core concepts of national security and warfighting? This paper presents the results from a quasi-experimental, cross-sectional, and longitudinal study of students taking two standardized courses in the Joint Military Operations department at the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Learning Processes, Student Attitudes, National Security
Kartal, Mert – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
What is the role of Model United Nations (MUN) in facilitating deep learning and professional skills attainment in the classroom? Using a 15-week MUN course, I gather data on student progress in four levels of knowledge: factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive. I use pre- and post-activity surveys as well as the instructor's own…
Descriptors: International Relations, Political Science, College Instruction, Job Skills
Ekström, Linda; Lundholm, Cecilia – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
In this article, we report findings of students' conceptions of values and impartiality in political science teaching in relation to research on epistemic beliefs. This field of research concerns students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge in different disciplines; beliefs that are central to learning disciplinary knowledge. Interviews were…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Political Science, Teaching Methods, Epistemology
David C. Powell – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
Public administration has a long tradition of close connections to the field of political science. As the field of public administration evolved from a basic politics administration dichotomy, it became evident that the distinction between politics and administration was nebulous at best. As such, public affairs students need exposure to, and…
Descriptors: United States Government (Course), Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Introductory Courses
Grobshäuser, Natalie; Weißeno, Georg – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2021
Political education in school is aimed at preparing adolescents for their role as citizens, which comprises political participation as well as political knowledge. While it is generally agreed that basic knowledge about politics is a prerequisite to participation, the specific link between knowledge and participation is left unclear in normative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 9, Knowledge Level, Competence
Jansa, Joshua M.; Ringsmuth, Eve M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Introduction to American Government is a foundational general education course meant to promote understanding of democracy and students' ability to participate in it. But, there is substantial variation in how the course is structured: it can enroll anywhere from a dozen students to hundreds; it can be delivered online, face-to-face, or in hybrid…
Descriptors: Political Science, Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, United States Government (Course)
Thornton, Stephen – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2019
Information literacy, the concept most associated with inculcating the attributes necessary to behave in a strategic, thoughtful and ethical manner in the face of a superfluity of information, has been part of the information specialist scene for many years. As the United Kingdom's QAA benchmark statements for Politics and International Relations…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, International Relations, Political Science
Schuhen, Michael; Hundhausen, Andreas – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2020
In the Federal Republic of Germany, the cities and municipalities decide which streets are being refurbished, which educational services are offered, or where sewers will be laid. The cities and municipalities have financial resources at their disposal for this purpose. However, these resources are, with a view to Rhineland-Palatinate,…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Citizenship Education, Public Officials, Decision Making
Center for Civic Education, 2019
This one-page fact sheet presents findings from a quasi-experimental study to examine the effects of the We the People program on high school students' political knowledge, civic skills, and civic attitudes. The study included 822 program participants who were compared to 735 students in high school government classes with similar demographics. In…
Descriptors: High School Students, Citizenship Education, Political Science, Knowledge Level
Giles, Matt; Pines, Rachyl; Giles, Howard – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This paper expands the theoretical base of intergroup and intercultural communication by testing a new communication model of interdependence (CMII), defined in terms of the embedded nature of groups Giles, M., R. Pines, H. Giles, and A. Gardikiotis. 2018. "Towards a Communication Model of Intergroup Interdependence." Atlantic Journal of…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Intercultural Communication, International Relations, Language Attitudes
Çavdar, Gamze; Yasar, Yavuz; Fisk, Jonathan – Journal of Political Science Education, 2019
Previous research has discussed the difficulty of teaching topics related to the Middle East. In our experience, one reason for this difficulty is that students are strongly biased with respect to these topics. This research attempts to systematically identify these biases through surveys and then test the effectiveness of targeted lectures that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Social Bias, Middle Eastern History
Suntana, Ija; Tresnawaty, Betty – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to describe the influence of political knowledge on the political behavior of highly educated Muslim society in addressing political issues. This research used cohort-based quantitative method through data collection, interviews, and documentation. To collect information from respondents, this research used…
Descriptors: Islam, Religious Factors, Political Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Perbandt, Daniela; Heinelt, Marie-Sophie; Bacelar-Nicolau, Paula; Mapar, Mahsa; Caeiro, Sandra Sofia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Distance universities are of great importance for establishing sustainability literacy, as they operate as multipliers for thousands of students. However, despite several advantages of e-learning environments compared to traditional class-teaching, there are still challenges regarding suitable e-learning tools and didactical models. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication
Abernathy, Claire; Forestal, Jennifer – Journal of Political Science Education, 2020
This study focuses on examining the role that isolated extracurricular events can play in furthering students' civic education; these one-time events require fewer resources to implement than courses and therefore provide valuable opportunities for faculty to engage new audiences on their campuses in the work of civic learning. In order to develop…
Descriptors: Political Science, Civics, Extracurricular Activities, College Faculty