Identifies a variety of resources and methods for identifying, locating, and acquiring doctoral dissertations to be used in research or in formulating a dissertation proposal. (AV)

Reviews program development, program content, and student experiences in a political science internship program for students from the University of Michigan (Dearborn) in legislative/administrative offices of the Ontario Provincial or Metro-Toronto governmental offices. (AV)

Describes a simulation for an introductory American government course. It was based on the Panama Canal treaties ratification process, a decision pending in the Senate which was due to culminate before the end of the course. By keying the simulation to a real event, participants obtained real-world feedback on how closely their roles approximated…

Outlines a model United Nations simulation which is applicable for high school or college use. It is played under the rules of an organization called the Model United Nations of the Far West, an association of 100 colleges in the western U.S. The simulation involves weekly mock sessions. (AV)

Reviews the current state of European studies and gives reasons for including more material on the European community in political science courses. Describes resources for the study of the European community and identifies ways of implementing such a program. (Author/AV)

Describes procedures used to measure students' cognitive learning in an American government course. The procedures combined evaluation of instructor effectiveness, teaching efficiency, student learning, and student demographic characteristics. (AV)

This study found that students have an ambiguous image of politics. Therefore, political scientists who want to recruit and effectively teach students must emphasize the importance, practicality, strength, and activity of politics. (Author/AV)

In 1976 a nationwide survey of social science instructors in community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and universities was conducted to determine whether community college instructors were using more innovative teaching methods than their counterparts in universities. Few differences were found in the use of innovative methods among these…

Presents a conceptual approach to the legislative process which includes coverage of the role of the media. Major texts are reviewed in terms of their coverage of the media topic. Suggestions are made for ways in which the role of the media can be more appropriately presented and emphasized in political science courses. (Author)

Explains how the use of feature-length motion pictures, combined with interesting readings, can generate enthusiasm, discussion, and analysis of basic political ideas, concepts, and values. Reviews costs and identifies specific movies and readings on various political topics. (AV)

Presents eight exercises which involve budgeting skills. These can be incorporated into political science courses to illustrate the way in which city governments raise, allocate, and manage their financial resources. (Author/AV)

Assesses an effort by a university department of political science to involve graduate students in a seminar on teaching and to provide students experience in teaching undergraduates. Objectives of the seminar were to (1) examine some issues of teaching political science; (2) critique some perspectives on learning; and (3) design a teaching…

Outlines the feminist perspective within political science and evaluates the influence of the feminist point of view on mainstream political science teaching. Concludes that additional dialogue is necessary between feminists and their teaching colleagues to alleviate stereotypes and biases regarding womens' political behavior and theoretical…

Describes a simulation designed to teach college students in an undergraduate political science course about foreign policy decision-making, conflict, and conflict resolution. An evaluation of role simulation as a teaching technique is included. (Author/DB)

Examines a number of teaching techniques used in social science courses at a community college to determine relationships among student performance, enjoyment of a course, evaluation of teacher performance, and course evaluation. (Author/DB)