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Dionne, Kim Yi – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
This paper describes a relatively new active learning approach--Design Thinking--and its adoption in two comparative politics courses. I draw on my experience using Design Thinking in political science courses to offer instructors another pedagogical tool in the active learning toolkit. I outline the rationale for adopting a Design Thinking…
Descriptors: Elections, Political Science, Teaching Methods, Design
Engstrom, Richard N. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2008
Introduction to American Government classes can benefit from the addition of examples from comparative politics. Presenting students with examples of other democratic systems encourages them to confront the costs and benefits of choices made in the American context. Dealing with these "cognitive conflict" tasks facilitates higher level learning on…
Descriptors: United States Government (Course), Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Stover, William James – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
What pass for the study of international relations is often more an examination of foreign affairs, transnational interaction from ethnocentric perspectives. Many analysts accept the assumptions and values of their own political culture, then superimpose them on other nations. If another state does not act in accordance with those values, its…
Descriptors: International Relations, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Empathy
Brooks, D. Christopher – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
In addition to exposing students to basic concepts, theories, and ideas, teachers of comparative politics often claim to foster and promote values of tolerance and cultural sensitivity through exposure to the histories, cultures, and societies of cases from around the world. This claim, however, has been largely speculative and unsupported by any…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Political Science, College Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design