Teaching politics and international relations
By: edited by Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Simon Lightfoot
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230300019
Subjects: EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; International relations; Study and teaching; Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
Description: "A state of the discipline approach to teaching and learning in Politics and IR including contributions which discuss the most cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for tutors. This book discusses the themes and challenges in teaching and learning whilst also exploring these in the specific context of political science and IR"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; S.Lightfoot & C.Gormley-HeenanTeaching and Learning in Politics: Thinking about Teaching Politics Revisited; P.WelchWhat (If Anything) is Different about Teaching and Learning in Politics?; J.CraigCan Politics Be Benchmarked?; L.HarrisonEnhancing Politics Teaching Through Active Learning; C.Leston-BandeiraTeaching Politics to Small Groups; J.BriggsHow Relevant Are Other Ways To Learn?; S.CurtisIssues and Controversies Associated With the Use of New Technologies; S.ThorntonDeveloping Assessment Practices in Politics; A.Blair & S.McGintyThe Importance of Being Theoretical: Analysing Contemporary Politics; L.Marsden & H.SavignyTeaching Politics and Political Bias; C.Gormley-HeenanContemporary Politics: Using the 'F' Word and Teaching Gender in International Relations; C.Rowley & L.J.ShepherdTeaching the 'Contested Concepts': International Terrorism Taught To Undergraduate Students in a Multi-Cultural Environment; K.RoderTeaching Race and Ethnicity: Towards an Engaged, Anti-Racist Pedagogy; S.SpencerDeveloping Research Literacy in Students; S.LightfootSupervising a Doctoral Dissertation in Politics; C.RoulstonThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Student: Supervising Students You Rarely See; D.MiddletonFrom Politics Past to Politics Future: Addressing the Employability Agenda Through a Professional Politics Curriculum; M.Wyman, J.Lees-Marshment & J.Herbert.