Institute for Citizens & Scholars

JANUARY 3, 2025

Youth Civic Solutions Competition Winners were featured in The Fulcrum for their presentations during the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC).

Civics 52

Civics 52

APSA Educate

JANUARY 3, 2025

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the professional development virtual workshop, Community College Careers: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions. 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT | Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 |… The post Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions appeared first on APSA.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development 52

CORE Econ

JANUARY 3, 2025

Wendy Carlin and Arjun Jayadevs interview in Maeil Daily, following a CORE Econ seminar at the Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea. The original Korean article and the English translation. The post In a rapidly changing world, economics education must change rapidly appeared first on CORE.

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Economics Education 52

Living Geography

JANUARY 3, 2025

A UCL Symposium on knowledge looks like it might be a useful CPD opportunity. It is on the 26th of March 2025 This symposium aims to investigate: a) how knowledge in education in different countries is shaped by contemporary ideas about the relationship between the past, present and future, and b) epistemic growth in university disciplines and school subjects.

Economics 52

Economics History Humanities Education 52

Political Science Now

JANUARY 3, 2025

Raising the Stakes on a Political Science Major Field Test: Evidence From a New Capstone Course By John LaForest Phillips , Austin Peay State University Using a major field test (MFT) is a common method of program assessment. For accurate assessment to take place, however, students must be sufficiently motivated to perform. This paper studies a change in major requirements that associated a major field test to a grade in a political science capstone course.

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Political Science Teaching Education 44

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JANUARY 3, 2025

We call it Civics, not Government, class because its purpose is to instill a sense of citizen duty and participation, not just a memorization of concepts and amendments. Yet, in reality, how much of our class time is dedicated to allowing students to participate ? Probably less than wed care to admit, right? No, shame! Its the reality of a long list of standards and our touchy political climate.

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Civics Government Project-Based Learning Leadership 52