Teaching Generation Z Students About Politics: Optimism or Pessimism?
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The scholarship of teaching and learning is primarily concerned with improving student learning. Of course, we want our students to learn disciplines, them become critical thinkers, write. But this study looks at how impacts a student’s optimism or pessimism. We believe that it an important topic in today’s world provides new the This co-authored by two team-teachers three honors students. Using Introduction Politics course as case material, pre post-test measuring versus pessimism on wide variety political issues facing Generation Z Then provide content analysis essays which were collected during semester interviews honor co-authors. draw initial conclusions about argue larger research agenda around would benefit literature.
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عنوان ژورنال: International journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1931-4744']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2023.17105