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Brown, Prudence R. – Teaching Public Administration, 2020
This article provides a case study of tutor's reflection on practice leading to a different approach to teaching an introductory course on politics and policy at a major Australian university, aimed at better reaching disengaged students. The overhaul led to higher levels of constructive student engagement in the tutorials, resulting in improved…
Descriptors: Tutors, Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Barr, Matthew; Jackson, Louise H. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
Understanding student transition into higher education is an important aspect of module design, linking content, delivery, and assessment with a student's prior educational experience and knowledge bases. However, reflections on how modules designed choices are, generally, not widely disseminated. Here, we document the reflections of a junior…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Political Science, College Freshmen, Case Studies
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Dickinson, Amber R. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
When approached about working with colleagues to develop a new course revolving around the inner-workings of a political campaign, one thing was obvious to me: We had to give the course the unique element of making it as closely mimic real-world campaign activities as possible. If we were going to attempt to actually prepare students for work on a…
Descriptors: Political Campaigns, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Program Development
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Gunn, Andrew – Teaching Public Administration, 2017
Student evaluations of quantitative methods courses in political science often reveal they are characterised by aversion, alienation and anxiety. As a solution to this problem, this paper describes a pedagogic research project with the aim of embedding quantitative methods by stealth into the first-year undergraduate curriculum. This paper…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Political Science, College Freshmen, Instructional Materials
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Dikli, Semire, Ed.; Etheridge, Brian, Ed.; Rawls, Richard, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
In an effort to enhance the quality of education, universities and colleges are developing programs that help faculty and staff internationalize curriculum. These programs will purposefully develop the intercultural perspectives of students. "Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education" is a critical scholarly resource…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Active Learning