Reviews the operating principals and history of the United Nations Security Council. Examines the concept of collective security and the means by which it is pursued. Concludes by listing a four-point doctrine designed to increase international security. (JDH)

Summarizes public opinion on perceived threats to peace, the means considered most effective to preserve and strengthen peace, and attitudes toward military resistance, nuclear weapons, and defense spending. The data presented span several years and are often reported for individual West European nations. (JDH)

This article presents eight letters written by young South Africans which describe what they think United States students should learn about their country. (JDH)

Reports results of a study of social science knowledge and critical-thinking ability among preservice teachers and five other college majors. Provides historical comparisons in addition to contemporary data. Results indicate that commonly perceived notion that elementary preservice teachers represent least knowledgeable body in the university…

Provides a lesson plan for senior high school which uses writing to help students learn about World War II. (JDH)

Describes a lesson which has students examine the limits of judicial power when executive branch decisions violate constitutional guarantees. The lesson is based on a hypothetical case involving living conditions in a run-down jail. (JDH)

The Vietnam War appeared to give rise to the "imperial presidency," and then, when the war became protracted and divisive to contribute to the Congressional reassertion of power. But Vietnam really only intensified and accelerated a movement that, in one way or another, would have taken place anyway. (RM)

Reviews key books used in training programs to cover each of four subject areas--policy studies in general, policy studies substance or issues, policy studies process, policy studies methods--and indicates important relationships between policy studies and public administration. Related books are noted and basic issues are discussed. (EJS)

Reviews Carl F. Kaestle's 1983 book, "Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860." Maintains that this work synthesizes and refocuses both old and new interpretations of the political and institutional history of the common school before 1860 in the United States. (JDH)

Selected resources for teaching secondary students about economics and political science from the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database are described in this annotated listing. (RM)

A general overview of political science education in Canadian public schools, with an emphasis on secondary education, is provided. The level, content, and objectives of political science courses offered by schools in the various provinces of Canada are discussed. (RM)

Describes how individually paced instruction (IPI) works, the major assumptions of IPI and difficulties encountered with them, and problems with measuring only behavioral objectives. Concludes that IPI is useful for courses that have fixed knowledge content. (ND)

Discussed are techniques for evaluating students in political science in a sound and humanistic manner. Guidelines are presented to help identify and clarify cognitive skills as well as to reduce political and governmental concepts to measurable terms. Suggestions are made for planning tests that assess the attainment of various learning…

A political science course at Adelphi University that uses films for instruction is described by its design, content, and problems. (ND)

In 2004, the American Political Science Association (APSA) named a group of scholars to assess the current condition, problems, and options for improvement in political science graduate education in the United States. While the Task Force found that no single structure of graduate training could be appropriate for the wide range of institutions…