Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvMitchell Brown,Shane Nordyke,Cameron G. Thies

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Providing expert advice from established scholars in the field of political science, this engaging book imparts informative guidance on teaching research methods across the undergraduate curriculum. Written in a concise yet comprehensive style, it illustrates practical and conceptual advice, alongside more detailed chapters focussing on the different aspects of teaching political methodology.Each chapter draws on practised teaching methods covering the what, how and when for teaching political methodology with an in-depth look at systematic research methods. The book is split into four distinct sections for undergraduate research methods education: the approach, the foundations of research design, quantitative analysis and qualitative data. All the advice is evidence-based and grounded in the science of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature from experienced, award-winning and highly recognized instructors of political methodology.Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology will be required reading for faculty wanting to establish excellent methods for challenging subjects within the fields of political science, public administration and public policies. It will also serve as a useful resource for instructors wishing to gain greater student engagement with their courses by utilising different methods.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-08-12
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieElgar Guides to Teaching
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781800885462

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Contents:Introduction to Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology 1Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron ThiesPART I APPROACHING RESEARCH METHODS INTHE POLITICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM1 What should be taught and when 8Charles C. Turner2 The case for an applied approach to teaching research methods 16Laura C. Bucci3 Students as consumers and producers: the researchmethods course and information literacy 22B. Gregory Marfleet4 Teaching political methodology to undergraduate students 35John Ishiyama5 Teaching political methodology 47Mandie Weinandt6 What do we teach with? An examination of texts 55Christopher N. Lawrence7 Teaching writing about political science research 63Kaye Usry and Joel T. SheltonPART II FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH DESIGN8 Questions, queries and problems 79Joe Weinberg9 Hypotheses and research expectations 87H. Whitt Kilburn10 Teaching experimental and quasi-experimental designs 96Federico Vegetti11 The history and art of sampling 104Theodore Arapis12 Causality reasoning: what it is and how to teach it 113Tom Ellington13 It’s actually not in the syllabus: incorporating ethics inresearch methods courses 119Christi SiverPART III QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FORUNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH METHODSEDUCATION14 How to teach descriptive statistics 128Joice Chang15 Bivariate regression: a good beginning makes a good ending 137Babak RezaeeDaryakenari16 Basics of multivariate analysis 146Emily Clough17 Practical extensions of regression 153Soren Jordan18 Teaching big data 164Jennifer Bachner19 Student-led survey projects 174Ian G. Anson20 Data visualization 181Alexis HenshawPART IV QUALITATIVE DATA FORUNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH METHODSEDUCATION21 The case study approach 189Weining Ai22 Interviewing 197Janet Elise Johnson, Candice D. Ortbals, and Lori Poloni-Staudinger23 Content analysis as an effective teaching tool for critical thinking 205Tijen Demirel-Pegg24 Field and observational research 213Stacey Leigh Hunt25 Teaching qualitative-interpretive research methods 220Daniel T. KirschConclusion: taking the next steps 227Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke and Cameron ThiesIndex

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