Edited by John Ishiyama, Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas, William J. Miller, Campus Labs, US and Eszter Simon, University of Birmingham, UK

• Contents:PART I: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN1. Best Practices in the American Undergraduate Political Science CurriculumE. Fletcher Mcclellan2. Capstone Courses and Senior Seminars as Culminating Experiences in Undergraduate Political Science EducationPaul E. Sum3. Teaching Politics to PractionersJohn Craig4. Best Practices in Professional Development in Graduate EducationClodagh Harris 5. Distance and Online Course DesignJ. Simon Rofe6. Student and Civic Engagement: Cultivating the Skills, Efficacy and Identities that Increase Student Involvement in Learning and in Public LifeJ. Cherie Strachan7. Curricular and Program Assessment Techniques in the United StatesKerstin Hamann8. Performance Assessment in EuropeAlasdair Blair9. Course Based Assessment and Student FeedbackWilliam J. Miller10. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Political ScienceBrenda Kauffman11. Promoting Information Literacy and Information ResearchStephen Thornton12. Internationalization of the Curriculum (Bologna Process)Erkki Berndtson13. Promoting Employability and Jobs Skills via the Political Science CurriculumSimon LightfootPART II: TEACHING SUBJECT AREAS 14. After the Apocalypse: A Simulation for Introduction to Politics ClassesWendy L. Watson, Jesse Hamner, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Kimi King15. Teaching Conflict and Conflict ResolutionAgnieszka Paczynska16. Teaching about Diversity IssuesBoris E. Ricks17. Teaching Gender PoliticsFiona Buckley18. Teaching Graduate Research MethodsMitchell Brown19. Teaching Undergraduate Research MethodsCristina Leston-Bandeira20. Teaching Political TheoryMatthew J. Moore21. Teaching Controversial TopicsDavid Malet22. Teaching at the Community College: Faculty Role, Responsibilities and Pedagogical TechniquesErin Richards23. Teaching International RelationsRebecca GlazierPART III: IN CLASS TEACHING TECHNIQUES24. Effective Syllabus DesignJohn Ishiyama and Robert G. Rodriguez25. Integrating Technology into the ClassroomGabriela Pleschova 26. War, Peace and Everything in Between: Simulations in International RelationsVictor Asal, Chad Raymond and Simon Usherwood 27. Developing Your Own In-Class Simulations: Design Advice and a ‘Commons’ Simulation ExampleMark A. Boyer and Elizabeth T. Smith28. Group Work in Political Science: How To Get Collaboration into the ClassroomBobbi Gentry29. Designing Team-Based Learning ActivitiesAndreas Broscheid30. Experiential Education in Political Science and International RelationsElizabeth Bennion31. Best Practices in Problem Based LearningHeidi Maurer32. Developing Student Scholars: Best Practices in Promoting Undergraduate ResearchJames M. Scott33. Teaching International Relations with Film and Literature: Using Non-Traditional Texts in the ClassroomJennifer K. Lobasz and Brandon Valeriano34. Promoting Course Based Writing in the DisciplineBrian Smentkowski35. Best Practices in Undergraduate Lecturing: How to Make Large Classes WorkKinga Kas and Elizabeth Sheppard36. Political Science and the Scholarship of TeachingJeffrey L. Bernstein37. Getting Students to Talk: Best Practices in Promoting Student DiscussionMichael P. MarksIndex

‘Although this Handbook’s focus is on teaching international relations within the overall discipline of political science, teachers of courses on terrorism and counterterrorism studies will also find it useful.’

Edited by John Ishiyama, Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas, William J. Miller, Campus Labs, US and Eszter Simon, University of Birmingham, UK

• Contents:PART I: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN1. Best Practices in the American Undergraduate Political Science CurriculumE. Fletcher Mcclellan2. Capstone Courses and Senior Seminars as Culminating Experiences in Undergraduate Political Science EducationPaul E. Sum3. Teaching Politics to PractionersJohn Craig4. Best Practices in Professional Development in Graduate EducationClodagh Harris 5. Distance and Online Course DesignJ. Simon Rofe6. Student and Civic Engagement: Cultivating the Skills, Efficacy and Identities that Increase Student Involvement in Learning and in Public LifeJ. Cherie Strachan7. Curricular and Program Assessment Techniques in the United StatesKerstin Hamann8. Performance Assessment in EuropeAlasdair Blair9. Course Based Assessment and Student FeedbackWilliam J. Miller10. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Political ScienceBrenda Kauffman11. Promoting Information Literacy and Information ResearchStephen Thornton12. Internationalization of the Curriculum (Bologna Process)Erkki Berndtson13. Promoting Employability and Jobs Skills via the Political Science CurriculumSimon LightfootPART II: TEACHING SUBJECT AREAS 14. After the Apocalypse: A Simulation for Introduction to Politics ClassesWendy L. Watson, Jesse Hamner, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Kimi King15. Teaching Conflict and Conflict ResolutionAgnieszka Paczynska16. Teaching about Diversity IssuesBoris E. Ricks17. Teaching Gender PoliticsFiona Buckley18. Teaching Graduate Research MethodsMitchell Brown19. Teaching Undergraduate Research MethodsCristina Leston-Bandeira20. Teaching Political TheoryMatthew J. Moore21. Teaching Controversial TopicsDavid Malet22. Teaching at the Community College: Faculty Role, Responsibilities and Pedagogical TechniquesErin Richards23. Teaching International RelationsRebecca GlazierPART III: IN CLASS TEACHING TECHNIQUES24. Effective Syllabus DesignJohn Ishiyama and Robert G. Rodriguez25. Integrating Technology into the ClassroomGabriela Pleschova 26. War, Peace and Everything in Between: Simulations in International RelationsVictor Asal, Chad Raymond and Simon Usherwood 27. Developing Your Own In-Class Simulations: Design Advice and a ‘Commons’ Simulation ExampleMark A. Boyer and Elizabeth T. Smith28. Group Work in Political Science: How To Get Collaboration into the ClassroomBobbi Gentry29. Designing Team-Based Learning ActivitiesAndreas Broscheid30. Experiential Education in Political Science and International RelationsElizabeth Bennion31. Best Practices in Problem Based LearningHeidi Maurer32. Developing Student Scholars: Best Practices in Promoting Undergraduate ResearchJames M. Scott33. Teaching International Relations with Film and Literature: Using Non-Traditional Texts in the ClassroomJennifer K. Lobasz and Brandon Valeriano34. Promoting Course Based Writing in the DisciplineBrian Smentkowski35. Best Practices in Undergraduate Lecturing: How to Make Large Classes WorkKinga Kas and Elizabeth Sheppard36. Political Science and the Scholarship of TeachingJeffrey L. Bernstein37. Getting Students to Talk: Best Practices in Promoting Student DiscussionMichael P. MarksIndex

‘Although this Handbook’s focus is on teaching international relations within the overall discipline of political science, teachers of courses on terrorism and counterterrorism studies will also find it useful.’

Edited by John Ishiyama, Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas, William J. Miller, Campus Labs, US and Eszter Simon, University of Birmingham, UK

• Contents:PART I: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN1. Best Practices in the American Undergraduate Political Science CurriculumE. Fletcher Mcclellan2. Capstone Courses and Senior Seminars as Culminating Experiences in Undergraduate Political Science EducationPaul E. Sum3. Teaching Politics to PractionersJohn Craig4. Best Practices in Professional Development in Graduate EducationClodagh Harris 5. Distance and Online Course DesignJ. Simon Rofe6. Student and Civic Engagement: Cultivating the Skills, Efficacy and Identities that Increase Student Involvement in Learning and in Public LifeJ. Cherie Strachan7. Curricular and Program Assessment Techniques in the United StatesKerstin Hamann8. Performance Assessment in EuropeAlasdair Blair9. Course Based Assessment and Student FeedbackWilliam J. Miller10. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Political ScienceBrenda Kauffman11. Promoting Information Literacy and Information ResearchStephen Thornton12. Internationalization of the Curriculum (Bologna Process)Erkki Berndtson13. Promoting Employability and Jobs Skills via the Political Science CurriculumSimon LightfootPART II: TEACHING SUBJECT AREAS 14. After the Apocalypse: A Simulation for Introduction to Politics ClassesWendy L. Watson, Jesse Hamner, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Kimi King15. Teaching Conflict and Conflict ResolutionAgnieszka Paczynska16. Teaching about Diversity IssuesBoris E. Ricks17. Teaching Gender PoliticsFiona Buckley18. Teaching Graduate Research MethodsMitchell Brown19. Teaching Undergraduate Research MethodsCristina Leston-Bandeira20. Teaching Political TheoryMatthew J. Moore21. Teaching Controversial TopicsDavid Malet22. Teaching at the Community College: Faculty Role, Responsibilities and Pedagogical TechniquesErin Richards23. Teaching International RelationsRebecca GlazierPART III: IN CLASS TEACHING TECHNIQUES24. Effective Syllabus DesignJohn Ishiyama and Robert G. Rodriguez25. Integrating Technology into the ClassroomGabriela Pleschova 26. War, Peace and Everything in Between: Simulations in International RelationsVictor Asal, Chad Raymond and Simon Usherwood 27. Developing Your Own In-Class Simulations: Design Advice and a ‘Commons’ Simulation ExampleMark A. Boyer and Elizabeth T. Smith28. Group Work in Political Science: How To Get Collaboration into the ClassroomBobbi Gentry29. Designing Team-Based Learning ActivitiesAndreas Broscheid30. Experiential Education in Political Science and International RelationsElizabeth Bennion31. Best Practices in Problem Based LearningHeidi Maurer32. Developing Student Scholars: Best Practices in Promoting Undergraduate ResearchJames M. Scott33. Teaching International Relations with Film and Literature: Using Non-Traditional Texts in the ClassroomJennifer K. Lobasz and Brandon Valeriano34. Promoting Course Based Writing in the DisciplineBrian Smentkowski35. Best Practices in Undergraduate Lecturing: How to Make Large Classes WorkKinga Kas and Elizabeth Sheppard36. Political Science and the Scholarship of TeachingJeffrey L. Bernstein37. Getting Students to Talk: Best Practices in Promoting Student DiscussionMichael P. MarksIndex

‘Although this Handbook’s focus is on teaching international relations within the overall discipline of political science, teachers of courses on terrorism and counterterrorism studies will also find it useful.’