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Do Political Science Simulations Promote Knowledge, Engagement, Skills, and Empathy?

Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Scholars of teaching and learning frequently examine whether simulations promote content knowledge and engagement with course material. But many educators use simulations to promote additional goals.
N. Clark, John A. Scherpereel
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Giving It the Old College Try: Academic Departments and Undergraduate Curriculum Change in Political Science, 2009–2019

Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Thirty years after the last APSA-sponsored recommendations on the structure of the undergraduate political science major, new efforts at curriculum reform are under way.
E. McClellan, Kyle C. Kopko, Amanda Hafler, Fletcher McClellan   +3 more
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Quantitative Political Science Education in the Past and Future

Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
There has been a massive shift in teaching quantitative political research since the Journal of Political Science Education was launched in 2004. Smartphones were an anomaly, and it was uncommon to have laptops in the classroom.
Eric Best, Daniel J. Mallinson
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Accidental Scientists: How Undergraduate Research in Political Science Can Help to Patch the “Leaky Pipeline” in STEM Education

PS: Political Science & Politics, 2023
Education advocates lament the “leaky pipeline” in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), whereby students—especially minorities and women—drop out of STEM at successive stages of the educational system.
L. Mueller
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Measuring the Rural Continuum in Political Science

Political Analysis, 2021
Recent accounts of American politics focus heavily on urban–rural gaps in political behavior. Rural politics research is growing but may be stymied by difficulties defining and measuring which Americans qualify as “rural.” We discuss theoretical and ...
Zoe Nemerever, Melissa Rogers
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Best Practices in Diversifying Political Science

PS: Political Science & Politics, 2022
Racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of bias are pervasive and persistent throughout academia, including in political science, and these problems have been documented extensively (Fraga, Givens, and Pinderhughes 2011; Lavariega Monforti 2012 ...
Melissa R. Michelson, Betina Cutaia Wilkinson   +1 more
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Twitter as Higher-Education Community of Practice: A Political Science Perspective

PS: Political Science & Politics, 2022
A community of practice is where a group works together toward a shared goal. This article argues that Twitter hosts a community of practice within political science and international relations.
Natalie Jester
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Conclusion: Recent Steps and the Road Ahead in the Enduring Quest for Equity in Political Science

PS: Political Science & Politics, 2022
As emphasized in this symposium, political scientists have long decried systemic inequality and inequity in the profession. Despite an abundant literature addressing these profound problems, they persist.What can bring genuine change to the discipline ...
Carol Mershon
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Mental Health and the PhD: Insights and Implications for Political Science

PS: Political Science & Politics, 2021
There is a severe mental health crisis among graduate students in political science. We present findings from an original survey on the mental health of political science PhD students at seven US universities.
Nasir Almasri, Blair Read, Clara Vandeweerdt   +2 more
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Simulations Research in Political Science Pedagogy: Where is Everyone?

Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Anecdotal evidence suggests pedagogy research on simulations in political science is dominated by two subfields: International Relations and Comparative Politics.

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