Active Learning in Political Science for a Post-Pandemic World: From Triage to Transformation

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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. Preface Acknowledgments Contents Notes on Contributors List of Tables 1 Introduction: Active Learning for a Post-Pandemic World What Has Changed? Transformations in Political Science Pandemic Pedagogy The Scope of the Challenge Common Themes and Considerations in Pandemic Pedagogy Chapter Previews Conclusion References 2 Theory vs. Practice: An Administrative Perspective on Teaching and Learning in a Pandemic Pre-Pandemic Institutional Orientations and Commitments: Facing the Covid-19 Challenge Living Through the Pandemic Assessment: Delivering Education in a Global Pandemic Reflections on Inequalities Laid Bare Projections for a New Normal: Lesson Learned from Remote Education References 3 Suddenly Teaching Online: How Teaching Excellence Centers Helped Manage New Modes of Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic Phase 1: Keep Teaching: Moving from Traditional to Nontraditional Modes (March 2020) Phase 2: Stress and Trauma: Early Assessment and Reflections (April to May 2020) Phase 3: The Uncertain Future: Addressing Inequalities and Improving Instruction for All (June to December 2020) Phase 4: Projections for a New ‘Normal’ (2021 and Beyond) Conclusion References 4 Teacher Presence and Engagement: Lessons for Effective Post-Pandemic Pedagogy Pre-Pandemic Teaching: The U.S. Foreign Policy Syllabus The Online Transition Spring 2020 Survey Results Going Fully Online Summer 2020 Survey Results Reflection: Lessons for Post-Pandemic Pedagogy References 5 Flipped Learning and the Pandemic: How to Create Group Space in the Online Classroom Pre-Pandemic Teaching Philosophy and Methods Flipping a Hybrid Classroom Pandemic-Era Teaching Maintaining Collaborative Learning Online Preliminary Results/Observations Reflecting on Inequalities Within Higher Education The New Normal? References 6 The Pandemic and Pedagogy Experimentation: The Benefits of Ungrading Why Do We Grade? Going Gradeless Pre-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Objectives Teaching and Learning During the Pandemic Flexibility in Trying Times Ongoing Communication Assessment and Reflection Conclusion and Predictions for the New Normal References 7 Pandemic Pedagogy: Lessons from a Decade of Teaching About Disasters Here We Go Again: COVID-19 and the Summer 2020 Course in Context Reflections on Teaching Difficult and Dynamic Topics First Challenge: How Much Time Should We Spend on Dynamic and/or Difficult Topics? Second Challenge: Should I Put Out New Content Daily—To Try to Keep Pace—Or is that Counter-Productive? Third Challenge: Should I Change Any Assignments? Conclusion: Is There a “New Normal”? APPENDIX A Grading Rubric for Discussion Board Appendix B POLS4081 | Disaster Politics | Summer 2020 Engaging the Reading (ETR), Week 1 Appendix C PROMPT FOR SHORT ESSAY 1 | POLS4081 SUMMER 2020, SHSU Rubric Appendix D PROMPT FOR FINAL ESSAY | POLS4081 SUMMER 2020, SHSU Rubric References 8 Teaching War and Politics on Film During “World War C” Teaching War and Politics on Film Before the Pandemic Class Themes Addressed During First Half of Semester (In-Person) Changes During the Covid-19 Pandemic Blended and Hybrid Learning for the IR Classroom Adaptive Techniques for Teaching War and Politics on Film Class Themes Addressed During the Second-Half of Semester (Virtually) Assessment and Reflections Inequalities and Change During the Pandemic Conclusion References 9 On Campus and Online: Evaluating Student Engagement in the Covid-19 Era Pre-pandemic Orientations and Commitments Transition Assessment Survey Performance Data Reflection on Challenges, Engagement, and Inequities Conclusion References 10 Collaborating in the Pandemic: A Pedagogy of Shared Failures Teaching/Learning for Global Agency in Pre-pandemic Times Public Discourse Strategies and Tactics Adaptations to Remote Teaching and Learning Adaptations to Hyflex Teaching and Learning Conclusions References Index