This book features valuable conversations about how COVID-19 has changed how we teach and even who we are as instructors in political science. This project devotes special attention to how our pedagogy in political science has evolved from 'triage' to transformation over the course of the pandemic. This book, part of the Palgrave Macmillan Political Pedagogies series, presents a variety of innovations in political science teaching (from ungrading to the flipped classroom) and offers systematic reflections on how our approaches to teaching and learning have been forever changed.

Addresses critical questions about teaching and learning in political science Devotes special attention to how pedagogy in political science has evolved during the pandemic Shows the value of student engagement for achievement of educational objectives in all modes of teaching & learning

Autorentext

Jeffrey Lantis is Professor of Political Science at The College of Wooster. His research specializations include foreign policy analysis, Congress, international norm contestation theory, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Australia, he is author of numerous recent books and articles. Lantis is also an award-winning teacher-scholar and past director of the International Studies Association's Innovative Pedagogy Initiative.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction: Active Learning for a Post-Pandemic World.- Chapter 2: Theory vs. Practice: An Administrative Perspective on Teaching and Learning in a Pandemic.- Chapter 3: How Teaching Excellence Centers Helped Manage New Modes of Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 4: Teacher Presence and Engagement: Lessons for Effective Post-Pandemic Pedagogy.- Chapter 5: Flipped Learning and the Pandemic: How to Create Group Space in the Online Classroom.- Chapter 6: The Pandemic and Pedagogy Experimentation: The Benefits of Ungrading.- Chapter 7: Pandemic Pedagogy: Lessons from a Decade of Teaching About Disasters.- Chapter 8: Teaching War and Politics on Film During 'World War C'.- Chapter 9: On Campus and Online: Evaluating Student Engagement in the Covid-19 Era.- Chapter 10: Collaborating in the Pandemic: A Pedagogy of Shared Failures.