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Amanda M. Rosen

@amandamrosen.bsky.social
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Polisci pedagogy and learning. Co-founder of @ALPSblog. Author of Teaching Political Science. Contributing editor of IPME. Educational gaming, teaching research, facdev, PME, and experiential learning. All opinions mine.

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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
APSA job ads ask AP candidates to do extensive customization just to apply--11 diff kinds of documents on top of cvs, cover letters, and LoRs. Of the 179 I reviewed in the 2026 cycle, only 9 required just the basics. 48% required 3+ more docs for initial review. activelearningps.com/2026/09/24/s...
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Stop the job application cruelty. – Active Learning in Political Science ©
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This really is a fantastic essay that challenges the generally accepted idea that taking notes by hand is better for learning than notes by laptop. The main supportive study has failed replication attempts. More recent research shows no difference. @alpsblog.bsky.social
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Submissions are now open for the Teaching Day(s) at ISA 2027, held virtually on 3/2/27 and in-person in Atlanta on 3/20/27. Scholarly teachers are encouraged to share their teaching practice and exchange ideas with colleagues at all career stages. Submit by July 1st. @isanet.bsky.social
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The latest from the Naval Education Research and Design Lab at the Naval War College: our study of AI use and attitudes from July 2025, now out in Proceedings at USNI. We find that use rates--even under a ban--were strong and the overall view of AI is positive. www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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Generative AI Uses and Attitudes at the U.S. Naval War College
A Naval War College survey shows that awareness of generative AI is growing, and many are eager to experiment, but training still falls short.
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In ALPS, I share an AI-generated complete simulation on the Iran conflict. While it is unedited and untested, the 30+ page guide may be useful to anyone looking to teach on this conflict. Use it as a starting point--and report back here on your experience. activelearningps.com/2026/04/07/i...
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Iran 2026 Simulation – Active Learning in Political Science ©
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My latest on @alpsblog.bsky.social : Six Faculty Archetypes for Navigating AI in Your Teaching. In it, I offer 6 different roles faculty can play regarding AI in their classes: Detective, Coach, Architect, Resister, Pragmatist, or Embracer. Check it out here: activelearningps.com/2026/04/02/s...
A 3×2 grid of illustrated panels, each depicting a different faculty archetype. Top row, left to right: a man in a suit labeled “Detective” holds a magnifying glass up to a piece of paper against a blue background with computer screens. A man in a purple shirt labeled “Architect” sits at a drafting table with blueprints and a pencil, with a warm yellow background. A woman in a blue jacket labeled “Pragmatist” sits at a desk with books and a laptop, with students visible behind her against a blue background. Bottom row, left to right: a woman labeled “Coach” sit across from two students at a table in conversation, in a classroom with motivational posters on the wall. A woman labeled “Resister” sits at a desk with a laptop and an open book, one hand raised in a stopping gesture, with a whiteboard behind her showing a diagram of human qualities that AI cannot replace. A man in an orange sweater labeled “Embracer” holds a laptop with a robot icon, surrounded by glowing digital icons against a teal background. Note: image created in Chat GPT and edited by Claude; alt text provided by Claude
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
#AI is quickly becoming an unavoidable part of the #Academic world. Join @amandamrosen.bsky.social for a virtual course to explore the benefits & limitations of #GenAI, how to use these tools for #Research & #Admin duties, & examples of AI-resistant or AI-inclusive assignments: buff.ly/1jeAueE
Text: Virtual PASS Course: AI Crash Course: Using AI to Assist Academic Research, Teaching, and Administrative Tasks. Monday, April 6, 2026. 2 PM - 5 PM (ET). 7 PM - 10 PM (UTC). Cost: $40 | Open to all. ISA logo. Background: A hand interacting with AI holograms.
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Check out the 'Teaching Day at ISA' panels on Sunday: 4 linked sessions with practical workshops, simulations, and teaching demonstrations. It's a free mini teaching conference with hands-on activities and resources to help you adapt them to your own classrooms.
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Very excited to offer this intro to AI session. It's designed for complete beginners as well as all university level teachers trying to think through how to either mitigate or encourage the use of AI in their classes. I'll also share some data from my research on student use of AI during an AI ban.
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 05/09/2025
I’ve done this for 2 weeks now and it *absolutely rules*. Best class discussions I’ve ever had. Best engagement with readings. They write in this worksheet for 15 minutes, then talk about their responses in groups of 3-4, then groups share with the whole class, and *then* we talk about the readings
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
In my latest essay, I explore factors that can affect who serves in the leadership of ISA. I argue that requiring potential chairs to serve first as program chairs--and v.v.--could preclude many qualified, interested members from serving in entry-level leadership. @isanet.bsky.social #polisky
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ISA Section Governance Structures: Differences in Self-Governance in Sections, Caucuses, and Regions
At ISA’s Annual Meeting in 2017, a colleague asked me to attend the business meeting for the International Education section. Freshly tenured and several years into faculty administration of an intern...
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UCL Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics @uclcpp.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you're intrigued by the slide in the picture, please do have a read of this article which says more about the joy of the teaching track and the politics of the emotions that go with it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uclspp.bsky.social
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The joy of the teaching track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies - Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann, Madeleine Le Bourdon, 2025
In recent years, the number of academic jobs in research-intensive universities that are described as ‘academic education route’, ‘teaching and scholarship’, or...
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
For those who want to design assignments that AI struggles with, some ideas I learned from Ashley Evan's of Valencia College.
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Cathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Very very excited about this, as usual!
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#TeachLearnSky @isanet.bsky.social Just 1 more day to submit to the Teaching Day at ISA. Send us micro lectures, activities, workshops, games/simulations, and any other teaching modeling/demo you want to propose. It's concurrent with Day 1 of ISA 2026. See the CFP and submit at the link below.
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Pedagogy Planning Committee: Teaching Day
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The deadline to submit your proposal to the 2026 Teaching Day at ISA is coming up on 15 May. Help us make this a great day of sharing teaching practice in politics and international relations.
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Consider submitting to the 2026 'Teaching Day at ISA', a teaching-centered mini conference within the ISA Annual Meeting. This year, we invite proposals of teaching demonstrations, workshops, and interactive activities. Please review the CFP and submit by 15 May 2025. #polisky #teachlearnsky
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Pedagogy Planning Committee: Teaching Day
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Madeleine Le Bourdon @mlebourdon.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
NEW publication alongside wonderful colleagues including @profcathyelliott.bsky.social and @rosegann.bsky.social. We argue that there is so much JOY in pedagogical research and scholarship. Thank you Cathy for bringing us together! See @aspirenetwork.bsky.social to join the joy.
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John Craig @teachpolitics.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
We had an excellent working group exploring how we further develop Political Science Education as a sub filed. Thanks to @amandamrosen.bsky.social & Tavishi Bhasin for organising.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Become an APSA-PSE Pedagogy Fellow! 📢 The Political Science Education Section and APSA seeks one generalist fellow and three area specialist fellows to launch a new Certificate in Political Science Pedagogy Program. Applicants must apply by 4/15: buff.ly/MAedDq7 #polisky
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Call for Applicants: APSA-PSE Political Science Pedagogy Fellows | Deadline: April 15, 2025
The APSA Political Science Education Section seeks applications for its inaugural Pedagogy Fellows initiative. The first cohort of our Pedagogy Fellows will work in collaboration with the PSE Section and APSA to launch a new Certificate in Political Science Pedagogy Program. This certificate program is designed to provide high quality professional development opportunities to political science faculty and graduate students.
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
What an honor to receive the 2025 Susan Strange Award from @isanet.bsky.social. It is given in recognition of "a person whose singular intellect, assertiveness, and insight most challenge conventional wisdom and intellectual and organizational complacency in the international studies community."
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ISA ELIAS @isa-eliasection.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
#Teaching often takes a backseat to research in PhD programs—how does this shape early career instructors? 📚 Excellence in Teaching awardee @michaelpamurphy.bsky.social & Misbah Hyder explore the experiences of ECIs in #PoliSci & #IR. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #HigherEd #Pedagogy
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Teaching Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors
This edited collection introduces the term early career instructor (ECI) as a novel concept in understanding the experience of graduate students...
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Looking for a list of the #ISA2025 meetings and events? Watch this video on how to access and make sure to look at our mobile app guide for more in-depth instruction: buff.ly/3Xf7iDs
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
#ISA2025 Attendees, consider attending the Teaching Day at ISA on Sunday, March 2nd. We have four great interactive panels planned on creative course design, active engagement approaches, AI, and early career instructor guidance. All in the same room-check the program for the location. #polisky
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Interested in designing #Games for an #ActiveLearning #Classroom? Join @drpigeon.bsky.social's virtual workshop to learn the basics of building games that blend #Pedagogy, immersion, & fun—plus, get a preview of Ashes of Winter, an #ISA2025 simulation design example: buff.ly/4jR7um1
Webinar. A Classroom Game Design Primer. Feb 24, 2025. 11 am (ET). ISA logo. Background: Rubik's Cube on a sandy beach
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I'm co-chairing a session on loving conversations about a polisci pedagogy subfield forward: establishing a canon; considering graduate curriculum; and outline the key research questions, topics, and methodologies of this growing area of research and practice. Apply if these are areas of interest!
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ISA TCIC @isa-tcic.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
As we gear up for our annual meeting please attend the Teaching Day at ISA virtual event on February 13th!
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
#TeachLearnSky
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Call for submissions to the Political Science Educator now fully open! Please send reflections, reviews, etc. by Dec. 15! We will try to work with all authors to ensure every submission is published. You do not need to be a section member to submit to the newsletter! (only to post announcements)
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I highly recommend this volume! A great collection of articles that adds to the repertoire of the newer instructor, helping to fill the general absence of systematic training.
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thrilled to announce my latest publication with Lisa Kerr, Wargaming Preferences: How Participating in Educational Wargames Changes Student Preferences on Learning in IPME. We found that an initial wargaming experience increases student preferences for learning via wargaming in the future.
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IPME 2024 Wargaming Preferences
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Just returned from a trip to Tunisia conducting intense facdev with 15 faculty, part of the DEEP program on military educational development. I taught in both English & French, saw the ruins of Carthage, & worked to strengthen bonds with allies & partners in military education. A wonderful week.
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Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
A new handout for “I ask but my students never have any questions!” For the new instructor of #highered in your life. Or for a new angle to a perennial #pedagogy challenge. It starts with student motivations/explanations, then provides small moves targeting these explanations. tiny.cc/h39mzz
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Any questions? Understanding Student Silence One-Pager
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
You can teach someone how to teach, and the Venn diagram overlaps between 'learning by doing' and 'taking a class'. A solid training in how to teach incorporates extensive practice. It also reduces harm to students of first-time instructors. My latest on ALPS: activelearningps.com/2024/09/09/y...
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You can, in fact, teach someone how to teach
Matthew Stein just published a great piece in JPSE on the 2024 status of pedagogical training in political science PhD programs, and the results are pretty eye-opening. There’s been little to…
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Will Schlickenmaier @schlickw.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Looking to put together a roundtable on ethics and difficult conversations in political science education at APSA's Teaching and Learning conference in February - anyone interested in participating? #polisky #TeachLearnSky
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
The American Political Science Association has some explaining to do. #APSA2024 open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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What is the Claremont Institute doing back at APSA?
Institutional cowardice is not a good way to run a professional association.
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
My article with Kate Parizeau "Doubly Engaged Ethnography: Opportunities and Challenges When Working With Vulnerable Communities" s #Free2DownloadAndRead We offer a framework for fieldwork-based researchers to work ethically with marginalized communities. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Doubly Engaged Ethnography: Opportunities and Challenges When Working With Vulnerable Communities - Raul Pacheco-Vega, Kate Parizeau, 2018
Understanding the unique challenges facing vulnerable communities necessitates a scholarly approach that is profoundly embedded in the ethnographic tradition. U...
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
#polisky, check out Matthew Stein's new piece in JPSE on pedagogy training. His interviews with 66 PhD institutions found that only ~30% require a course; most either outsource or have no requirement, relying on TAships. We clearly have work to do. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Another great paper being presented at TLC at #APSA2024: Zachary Houser's great, short, problem-based introduction to informal agreements. (Which I have just decided to try out in my own IR class next week!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Making Agreements With Friends: Using an Analogy to Teach Informal Agreements and Bargaining in International Relations Courses
The activity Making Agreements with Friends was developed to help students understand the complex concepts of informal agreements and bargaining. Specifically, this activity sheds light on the repu...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
For folks going to APSA - friends don't let friends use the horrible default panel format. Divide the time equally and open the floor discussion *after each talk*. Works SO much better as long as the chair enforces time limits. cyrussamii.com?p=1806
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
This is great news! apsanet.org/about/welcom...
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Welcome Next Executive Director - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association WASHINGTON, D.C. – AUGUST 30, 2024 —  The
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
#polisky, my latest on @alpsblog.bsky.social : a call for action on thinking seriously about how we train, evaluate, and reward teaching in all of our departments. activelearningps.com/2024/08/30/w...
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Why Departments Don’t Teach: A call for action
I’ve been reflecting on Jonathan Zimmerman’s article in Washington Monthly this week, Why Professor’s Can’t Teach, which focuses on some structural reasons why professors la…
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Gabriela Ramírez @cafeconpan.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
This blog is amazing for someone who wants to research but doesn't wanna die doing it. Or when your advisors don't give you advice and you have to do it almost alone 😭 (ALL THE BLOG, GO READ IT)
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Problem- & project-based learning asks students to focus their learning on the knowledge and skills needed to answer questions, solve problems, or compete a project. In the Chronicle, Chad Raymond of @alpsblog.bsky.social speaks to their benefits in the age of AI. www.chronicle.com/article/ai-a...
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Advice | AI and the Case for Project-Based Teaching
In the age of ChatGPT, faculty members have no choice but to adjust their course design from a focus on “what” to “why.”
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Re-upping my "starter pack" for people interested in poli sci teaching and learning: mostly political scientists, some people in education and CTLs, all entirely subjective, and hopefully a little helpful. go.bsky.app/TZCXW5r
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
Today on @alpsblog.bsky.social , I call on polisci sim and game designers to give their creations a name, and save me from having to say, 'no not THAT congress sim, THIS Congress sim' when I share your work. activelearningps.com/2024/08/22/n...
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Our comparative textbook is officially available! Excited to have my 1st textbook (and 1st book) out there in the world, and I'm really proud of the work that Kelly Bauer and I did to renew a good series and emphasize data/ information literacy in an intro text. faculty.cengage.com/titles/97803...
Textbook Cover for Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas (Kesselman, Krieger, Joseph, Brown, and Bauer)
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Amanda M. Rosen @amandamrosen.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Syl insisted on helping me unbox my new book, aimed at helping polisci instructors get started or revise their teaching practice. It's full of tips on course design, assignments, structuring lectures, grading, policy design, and much more.
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Active Learning in Political Science Blog @alpsblog.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
@amandamrosen.bsky.social has published a new and exciting book: "Teaching Political Science: A Practical Guide for Instructors" ❗See her thoughts on it here:❗ activelearningps.com/2024/08/05/t...
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