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Timing
My new section of intro to international relations starts tonight. Its an eight week course that meets once a week for hour hours. Everything is prepped–syllabus printed, website set up, lectures ready to go. Class starts in half an hour, … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Rosen, Games, Ice Breakers, International Relations, Victor Asal
Tagged activities, game, games, hobbes game, icebreakers, international relations, teaching, timing, TLC, victor asal
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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
Active Learning in an Eight-Week Class
I thought it might be useful to document the types and numbers of active learning exercises I use in a typical class. Active learning can become so ingrained that it becomes an essential component of lesson planning, and that has … Continue reading
Knowing Your Resources: Help a Colleague, Help Yourself
The other day a colleague came into my office and said “hey– I have class in twenty minutes on X. Any ideas for a game I could use?” I wish I could say that I immediately pulled a game on … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Amanda Rosen, Exercises, Games, International Relations
Tagged activities, collaborative learning, game, international relations, peer, teaching
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Teaching Failure
Everyone should check out this fascinating piece on Inside Higher Ed, about how to help students learn from failure. The instructor reserves 5% of the final grade for ‘quality of failure’, assessed by a reflective essay at the end of … Continue reading
Online Sources in Papers: Why Allow them?
Is there any good reason to allow our students to use online sources in their papers? I’m not talking about the online depositories for news articles, or using databases to find books, journals, and articles online, but the kinds of … Continue reading
Exercise: Evaluating Sources
In my last post, I bemoaned the Methods Silo Effect and how we should not assume that students are proficient at all the skills required to write a research paper without practice or guidance. I also promised to post some … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Amanda Rosen, Exercises, Information Literacy, Research Methods
Tagged evidence, Information literacy, methods course, teaching
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The Methods Silo Effect and Fixing Poor Research Skills
Today I want to discuss the Methods Silo Effect: the belief that a single methods class or sequence is sufficient to teach our students the skills of a political scientist. Following this course, no more instruction in research skills should … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Rosen, Information Literacy, Research Methods
Tagged methods course, methods silo effect, Reflection, research, teaching
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Best Teaching Practices
Happy Easter holiday to all. The Easter Bunny in the form of our provost recently informed faculty about an an online guide to best teaching practices, published by the Office of Academic Affairs at the City University of New York. The … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Assignments, Chad Raymond
Tagged best practices, CUNY, teaching
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Live from the TLC
A few thoughts from the initial day of the 2012 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference: I missed the opening speakers due to a fog-induced flight delay. The Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, is pretty swank. The conference sessions are being … Continue reading
Posted in and Simulations, APSA, Exercises, International Relations, Reading, Victor Asal, Writing
Tagged pedagogy, simulation, teaching
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