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ERIC Number: EJ907206
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-0965
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Training the Next Generation of Teaching Professors: A Comparative Study of Ph.D. Programs in Political Science
Ishiyama, John; Miles, Tom; Balarezo, Christine
PS: Political Science and Politics, v43 n3 p515-522 2010
In this article, we investigate the graduate curricula of political science programs and 122 Ph.D.-granting political science programs in the United States and how they seek to prepare political science teachers. We first investigate whether the department offers a dedicated political science course at the graduate level on college teaching, and whether the presence of this class correlates with the size of the department, the size of the university, the ranking of the department, and so on. We find that whether a program offers a graduate course on teaching is inversely related to the research productivity of a department, and that departments at public institutions are more likely to offer such courses than are departments at private institutions. Second, we conduct content analysis of a sample of syllabi from departments that offer such courses to ascertain the kinds of topics that are covered. Finally, we briefly describe some model programs that seek to prepare graduate students for teaching careers that integrate graduate student teacher training throughout the Ph.D. program.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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