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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 The Teacher-Scholar By Elizabeth A. Bennion ( ebennion@iusb.edu ) In this edition of The Teacher-Scholar , I want to draw people’s attention to a range of voter education and engagement workshops designed to … The post Preparing Students for the 2024 Election: Voter Education & Engagement Workshops for College Teachers appeared first on APSA.

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JUNE 7, 2024

A new project is supporting teachers in helping students engage in courageous dialogue. An instructional coach reflects on the progress so far.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Matthew Stein ( Matthew.Stein@csn.edu ), Alexandra Macias ( alexandra.cole@csun.edu ), and Jennifer De Maio ( jennifer.demaio@csun.edu ) On the same day we presented our research at the 2023 American Political Science … The post A Critical Review of the APSA Presidential Task Force on Rethinking Political Science Education appeared first on APSA.

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The post How We’re Building Collective Ownership to Create a Shared Vision for Early STEM Innovations appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The New Timeline of Horse Domestication Recent research 1 has upended previous assumptions about the domestication of horses, revealing that humans first domesticated these animals around 2200 B.C., a full millennium later than traditionally believed. This finding emerges from a comprehensive study of ancient horse DNA, which sheds new light on the timeline and motivations behind horse domestication.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Niva Golan-Nadir ( niva.golan@post.runi.ac.il ) During troublesome events, academia must adjust itself to new realities to be able to follow through the academic year, despite the challenges it faces. Yet, change … The post Teaching During Wartime: Institutional Adjustments with a Flexible Classroom Teaching Approach appeared first on APSA.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 7, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Samantha Chapa , covers the new article by Aditya Dasgupta and Elena Ramirez, “Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains. “ In 1940, a group of sociologists visited Haskell County, Kansas, to learn about farmers and came across a community deeply affected by t

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Marzia Hussaini is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University where she studies American politics and research methods. She is particularly interested in political psychology and identity politics and her current research focuses on the psychological factors influencing political engagement. Marzia received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, both summa cum laude, from the University of the District

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 As another spring semester comes to close, I want to reflect on our accomplishments and our future as a section. Work on updating the mission statement for the section is ongoing. I am … The post Message from the Section President (Summer/Fall 2024) appeared first on APSA.

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Living Geography

JUNE 7, 2024

One for units on migration. Gaia Vince's Opinion piece in The Guardian makes essential reading. I presume it will be in tomorrow's print edition. Leaders should finally tell us the truth about migration: it’s here for good [link] — Gaia Vince (@WanderingGaia) June 7, 2024 The opening paragraph is a useful summary for students of any age on human nature and the artifice of the border.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Paige Tan ( etan3@radford.edu ), Heather Keith ( hkeith1@radford.edu ), and Tay Keong Tan ( ttan2@radford.edu ) In response to a book group on Paul Hanstedt’s Creating Wicked Students (2018) , … The post Reflections on Developing Wicked Problem Solvers appeared first on APSA.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Dale Mineshima-Lowe ( d.mineshima-lowe@parami.edu.mm ) I’ve spent the past two plus years teaching synchronous online classes twice a week to undergraduate students in Myanmar (Burma). As a visiting faculty member, I … The post Lessons Learned from Online Students in a Conflict Zone appeared first on APSA.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Jen Spindel ( Jennifer.Spindel@unh.edu ) Announcing that you are going to spend a semester studying bureaucracy is a great way to kill the beginning-of-semester enthusiasm for a new course. Bureaucracy?! So … The post It’s a Trap! Teaching Bureaucratic Politics with a Star Wars Simulation appeared first on APSA.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Rebecca A. Glazier ( raglazier@ualr.edu ) Preparing a new class can be a great way to think about pedagogy with a clean slate. But it can also be a lot of … The post Using Non-Content-Related Quiz Questions to Build Rapport appeared first on APSA.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Colin M. Brown ( colin.brown@northeastern.edu ) I came out of an undergraduate and graduate tradition of assigning massive reading lists on each course syllabus. While I often did not read everything … The post Using Reading Groups to Encourage Deeper and Broader Reading appeared first on APSA.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Justin Robertson ( justin.robertson@cityu.edu.hk ) The arrival of ChatGPT has sparked existential questions about the future of the humanities and social sciences and has been accompanied in its wake by a … The post Can Chat GPT and Crowdsourced Forecasting Help Students Think About International Relations?

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Janet L. Donavan ( janet.donavan@colorado.edu ) As a political scientist who regularly teaches Introduction to American Politics and Media and Politics, helping students develop information literacy is a key learning goal … The post Considering Edtech in Political Science Teaching: Data Literacy, Privacy Rights, and the Role of Government in Regulation appeared first on APSA.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Erik Ringmar ( erik@ringmar.net ) When ChatGPT-3.5 was released on the world in the fall of 2022, there was a collective sense of amazement. This was not a ghost in a … The post Political Science Exams in the Age of AI appeared first on APSA.

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1 Reflections By Amber Overholser ( aroverholser@saumag.edu ) and Sante Mastriana ( smastriana@closeup.org ) Students often enter Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs with a desire to work and make positive change within the … The post Reintroducing and Reinforcing: Political Science Bootcamp for Graduate Students in a Master of Public Administration Program appeared first on APSA.

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