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Indicators of the Increase of Political Science Scholarship on Teaching and Learning in Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2002

Jenny Kehl
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder

Abstract

What evidence can be found of political science scholarship on teaching and learning? What questions are being asked and what methodologies are being used by political scientists engaged in this work? This article identifies and discusses six transformative trends in STL, specific to the discipline of political science. The most prominent trends are the dramatic increases in:

  1. democratic and civic education

  2. the use of technology in the classroom

  3. curriculum development and innovation in teaching strategies.

There is also evidence of the continuing importance of diversity, experimentation with service learning, and attention to professional development.

Type
THE TEACHER
Copyright
© 2002 by the American Political Science Association

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Footnotes

APSA thanks the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its support and encouragement of inquiry about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.