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What Can Students Learn from Fictional Literature? Quite a Bit, Scholars Say
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Robin J. Kempf; Reeti Sharma – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Using fictional literature in public administration classrooms has been advocated by public administration educators since the middle of the past century. Stories are asserted to be a legitimate tool to understand social systems, management models, and ethical dilemmas. It is argued that fictional literature influences how students perceive the…
Descriptors: Fiction, Public Administration Education, Instructional Materials, Theory Practice Relationship
Exploring Learning Outcomes of Wikipedia-Based Assignments in an International Setting: A Case from an Undergraduate Public Administration Course in Taiwan
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Helen K. Liu; Zih-Yang Zhou; Benjamin Jackson – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
Wikipedia-based assignments have been adopted successfully in classrooms to improve learning outcomes. However, although this teaching method has been adopted regularly in Western higher education settings, more is needed in an international learning environment. Therefore, this research investigates how employing technology-mediated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Public Administration Education, Web Sites
Reclaiming Public Service Ethics through Algorithms: Implications for Teaching and Development
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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
Teaching Future Faculty: Pedagogical Training in Public Administration PhD Programs in the US
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Meril Antony; Rachel Emas; Shahrin Upoma – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
While pedagogical practice is not mandatory in doctoral programs, many doctoral students often serve as graduate student instructors or teaching assistants for college courses. However, most institutions neither mandate nor offer pedagogical training as part of doctoral education. Effective teaching necessitates subject matter expertise and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Teaching Methods
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Public Administration: An Agenda for Future Research
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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
Immediate and Sustained Effect of a Service-Learning Course Grounded in Public Problem Analysis
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Wan-Ling Huang – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
This study aims to propound an instructional design for a service-learning course grounded in public problem analysis and verify its immediate and sustained outcomes through the actual instructional process. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted wherein students who were enrolling in a service-learning course were considered as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Service Learning, Public Administration, Student Projects
Revisiting the Debate on Institutions, the State and Institutional Change: The Relevance of Institutional Theory to Public Administration Teaching
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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
Using Survey Research to Assess Student Outcomes in a Team-Lecture Hybrid (TLH) Instructional Strategy
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David Besong Tataw – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
This study assessed perceived learning outcomes in a team-lecture hybrid (TLH) instructional design in six public affairs and health administration courses implemented in 2011 and 2012. A cross sectional and prospective survey design was implemented using descriptive statistics, regression analysis and qualitative analysis. Results show students…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching