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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Co-constructing Learning
After last week’s adventure to the West Balkans, I’m back in the UK, finalising my prep (and my paper) for APSA TLC in Long Beach and generally wading through piles of work. But before I leave on another trip, I … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Activities, Classroom Behavior, Exercises, Simon Usherwood, Skills
Tagged co-construction, Language
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Reminder: Register for APSA Teaching Learning by Feb 1st
Join the editors of ALPS at the 10th annual Teaching and Learning Conference, hosted by the American Political Science Association in Long Beach, California from 8-10 February, 2013. This will also mark the fourth anniversary of our collective attendance on … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Rosen, Chad Raymond, Conferences, Nina Kollars, Simon Usherwood, Uncategorized, Victor Asal
Tagged ALPS, APSA, blog, conference, TLC
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Less Is More — Or At Least Just Enough
I’m once again teaching the comparative politics of Asia. When I first arrived at my current university, the course in question was limited to East Asia — China, Japan, and the Koreas. I had to strip out past content on … Continue reading
Posted in Chad Raymond, Comparative Politics
Tagged China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, South Asia, Southeast Asia
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Colbert on Redistricting and Gerrymandering
If you are planning on covering redistricting, gerrymandering, incumbency advantage, or electoral college reform, think about including the Word from Tuesday night’s (1-22-13) Colbert Report–’Win, Lose, or Redraw’–where he attempts to explain how House Republicans could get over a million … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Rosen, Visual Media
Tagged colbert, colbert report, Congress, electoral college, gerrymandering, incumbency, redistricting, videos
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Failsafes
Sat, as I am, in the departure lounge at Heathrow, I’m struck by two thoughts. First, blogging’s a pain on a phone (so I’ll keep it short). Second, I’m thinking about failsafes. I’m off to do my trainer teaching and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Exercises, Seminars, Simon Usherwood
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Planting Seeds in the Social Media Jungle
Here’s an idea I’ve been toying with: granting a very small amount of “extra credit” to students who publish well-written reviews of course texts on Amazon.com. Here’s why: By the end of the semester a typical student has written five … Continue reading
Posted in Chad Raymond, Reading, Social Networking/Media, Writing
Tagged Amazon, Angel Island, Chinese Exclusion Act, Facebook, TripAdvisor, wikipedia
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Know your audience
Next week, I’m flying down to a small resort town in South-East Europe to train some South-East Europeans about the European Union. They will then train other South-East Europeans about the EU, using the materials and techniques that I share … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, European Union, Exercises, Simon Usherwood
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Dealing with the Know-it-Alls (aka, the Hermione Monsters)
We all know this student. They are both the savior and bane of our classroom–the student we can count on to participate and break the dreaded silence from the sea of confused or uncertain faces….and the student who we can … Continue reading
A New Year, Same Old Problems
While the discussions among the ALPS group continue on the weighty subject of whether to wear tracksuits for our short course at APSA L&T in Long Beach, I have also been talking recently with the UK’s Higher Education Academy on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, and Simulations, APSA, Simon Usherwood
Tagged pedagogy, Resources
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