Making Political Activity a Requirement in Introductory Political Science Courses

Teaching Political Science in Europe

Thisarticle first reviews the history of political science teaching in Europebefore going on to consider a range of recent developments in the teaching of politicalscience, including cross-national joint programmers; technologically enhancedlearning; placement learning and problem-based learning. The last sectionconsiders a range of issues facing political science teachers, includingfinancial p...

Science in a political environment.

Three decades ago, at the height of the public controversy over nuclear power, many scientists and engineers were quick to pronounce that the activists who were opposed to this new and supposedly safe and clean form of energy production were acting irrationally. The scientists’ argument—and source of bewilderment— was the fact that while many protesters accepted high risks for themselves, such ...

Political Science in Canada

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Stereotyped: Investigating Gender in Introductory Science Courses

Research in science education has documented achievement gaps between men and women in math and physics that may reflect, in part, a response to perceived stereotype threat. Research efforts to reduce achievement gaps by mediating the impact of stereotype threat have found success with a short values-affirmation writing exercise. In biology and biochemistry, however, little attention has been p...