The Pedagogy and Benefits of Using Current Affairs Journals in Introductory International Relations Classes

Kingsbury, Marina

doi:10.1080/15512169.2019.1660986

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“…In addition, blogging also has been used as a reflective journal in an experiential learning model in a marketing course (Ferguson et al, 2016). Kingsbury (2019) used blogs in the form of student journals to create a connection between course material and current affairs in an international relations course. Shrader and Louw (2021) included blogs, videos, and podcasts in the assessment portfolio of their biology students to make them communicate with the public about conservation.…”

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Making Meaningful Connections and Learning Workplace-Like Business Writing Through LinkedIn and Blogging

Sharma

2022

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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Business writing has been a desired skill in managers. The existing traditional business writing assessment tools like written examination and hand-in assignments based on genre-specific instructions do not create a workplace writing environment. The business management students (n = 98) engage with an innovative Web 2.0–based business writing tool using blogging and LinkedIn. The findings show that the tool created a workplace-like context, a meaningful purpose, and a real audience for the students. The students make and build relationships in the professional community using their business writing. The challenges and recommendations for BPC faculty are discussed.

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Making Meaningful Connections and Learning Workplace-Like Business Writing Through LinkedIn and Blogging

Sharma

2022

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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“…The curiosity-content model, therefore, may not be sufficient to engage students, regardless of efforts to revise curricula to make them more engaging. Political science is facing declining course and major enrollments, as students are unsure of the value of studying the discipline (Kingsbury 2021). Reorienting courses toward civic engagement, experiential learning, and marketable research and analysis skills are likely successful ways to address this problem (e.g., Maloyed 2016;McBeth and Robison 2012).…”

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To what extent do students connect with political science?

O’Brochta

2023

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New and innovative revisions to introductory political science courses aim to help students with little to no background in the discipline see its relevance. Yet, these revisions rarely ask students themselves what they think is interesting about political science and how they connect to the discipline. I evaluate those connections that students make to political science when exposed to the discipline for the first time by analyzing student research memo writing assignments from five introductory American politics courses. Student life experiences, interest in certain current events, or intended career path most frequently provide connections to political science. While some students do have innate curiosities about the discipline, this study suggests that introductory political science course instructors may wish to give students more flexibility to choose parts of the discipline that relate most to them so as to make political science more relevant to their lives and their educational experience.

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“…These creative ways of bringing current events into the political science classroom may or may not be pandemic-specific. Because the field of political science is known for its topical relevance (Kingsbury 2021), we expect the pandemic may have provided a key opportunity for greater current-events teaching application.…”

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The Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Political Science Teaching

Glazier

Strachan

2023

APSC

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The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed political science higher education—shifting courses and instructors online with little preparation. What might be the long-term effects of teaching through this crisis? Combining both open-ended and forced-choice survey questions with focus-group conversations, the data reveal a picture of faculty who are doing more for students and feeling strained by the efforts. Despite the challenges of teaching online during these difficult circumstances, attitudes toward online teaching did not decline universally. Those with more experience teaching online before the pandemic held a more favorable view of online teaching when they were surveyed during the pandemic. The data also show that the emotional burden on faculty increased, with female faculty members carrying a particularly heavy load. Because online classes likely will play a major role in the future of teaching political science, understanding the pandemic’s effects—both positive and negative—is critical.

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The Pedagogy and Benefits of Using Current Affairs Journals in Introductory International Relations Classes

Cited by 5 publications

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Making Meaningful Connections and Learning Workplace-Like Business Writing Through LinkedIn and Blogging

Making Meaningful Connections and Learning Workplace-Like Business Writing Through LinkedIn and Blogging

To what extent do students connect with political science?

The Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Political Science Teaching

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