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OPINION: This is no time to ban DEI initiatives in education; we need DEI more than ever

The Hechinger Report

Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge. Universities would do well to consider requiring DEI seminars as part of orientation and encourage faculty to include DEI content in every course. But a different tactic is typical in DEI classes.

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Short Course: Interpretive Process Tracing (QMMR C)

Political Science Now

We begin, meta-theoretically and conceptually, by building on the practice turn in sociology and political science. Ontologically, practice tracing is built on a relational understanding of the social world, which places the analytic focus squarely on process.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

While the examples are primarily drawn from international relations and comparative politics, the methods we discuss are applicable to all the subfields of political science, to sociology, economics, history, business studies, public policy, and many other fields.

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What’s it like to teach psychology?

Jonathan Firth

I became interested in teaching when I was an undergraduate, through the experience of giving talks to my Honours class and leading small seminars – I found that I enjoyed explaining concepts and research to others. It has a particular focus on the school system here in Scotland, but most of the points are relevant to other settings too.