Countering Popular Misconceptions of Federal Bureaucracies in American Government Classes

Lorenzo, David J.

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Countering Popular Misconceptions of Federal Bureaucracies in American Government Classes

David J. Lorenzo¹

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“…For bureaucracies seeLorenzo (1999), for political minorities seeAlex-Assensoh (2000), and for regional politics seeMelcher (1999).…”

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Bringing Practitioner Experience into the Classroom: The United Nations Intensive Summer Study Program

Smith

2004

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Diplomatic practitioners and policy makers represent an important, although frequently neglected, resource for teaching about international relations. The insights and stories provided by practitioners regarding key processes and events are often able to inspire our students to engage complex material and to play a much more active role in their own learning. While it is possible to argue that any type of practitioner contact is beneficial in terms of going beyond the material covered in textbooks, there are definite challenges associated with how to most effectively integrate these experiences with overall student learning. What type of format is most conducive to providing students with an insider's view? What type of preparation is required before contact with practitioners? How can student learning be evaluated in terms of assignments and debriefing activities? And finally, are traditional student feedback mechanisms appropriate for a course that involves a substantial practitioner component? This article investigates each of these challenges in the course of discussing one mechanism for bringing practitioner experience into the classroom, the United Nations Intensive Summer Study Program.International Studies Perspectives (2004) 5, 325-340.

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“…For bureaucracies seeLorenzo (1999), for political minorities seeAlex-Assensoh (2000), and for regional politics seeMelcher (1999).…”

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2004

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“…Texts vary widely in approach, tone, supplemental resources, and price. To date, there is no comprehensive review of American government texts, though many scholars have examined coverage of various topics including gender (Olivo 2012 ;Cassese, Bos, and Schneider 2014 ;Eksterwicz and Watson 2000 ), religion (Fairbanks 1986 ;Eisenstein and Clark 2013 ), race (Monforti and McGlynn 2010 ;Wallace and Allen 2008 ;Allen and Wallace 2010 ), sexual orientation (Novkov and Gossett 2007 ), bureaucracy (Lorenzo 1999 ;Goldstein 1985 ), the presidency (Evans and Lindrum 2013 ), economics (Madsen 2011 ), and the founding (Eksterowicz and Cline 1991 ;Franke and Bagby 2005 ).…”

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2017

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Choosing an American government textbook is a daunting task. A quick search of leading textbook publishers reveals over 40 diff erent texts, each with multiple versions (brief, essential, loose leaf, ebook, and more.) and online "learning experiences." Texts vary widely in approach, tone, supplemental resources, and price. Instructors of introductory American government courses approach the subject from different perspectives; our subfields and methodological approaches vary and the things we value in a text diff er widely. This review does not satisfy the need for a comprehensive comparison of all the texts on the market, but examines fi ve leading texts (see table 1 ), comparing their guiding perspectives, structure, in-text and electronic features for students and faculty, and notable strengths and weaknesses with the goal of identifying appealing texts for instructors who value diff erent approaches.We The People , 10th Edition.

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Pedagogical Red Tape: Difficulties in Teaching the Bureaucracy to Undergraduate Students

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Journal of Political Science Education

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Countering Popular Misconceptions of Federal Bureaucracies in American Government Classes

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Bringing Practitioner Experience into the Classroom: The United Nations Intensive Summer Study Program

Bringing Practitioner Experience into the Classroom: The United Nations Intensive Summer Study Program

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Pedagogical Red Tape: Difficulties in Teaching the Bureaucracy to Undergraduate Students

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