Providing expert advice from established scholars in the field of political science, this engaging companion book to
Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology imparts informative guidance on teaching research methods across the graduate curriculum. Written in a concise yet comprehensive style, it illustrates practical and conceptual advice, alongside more detailed chapters focussing on the different aspects of teaching political methodology.
Each chapter draws on practised teaching methods covering the what, how and when for teaching political methodology with an in-depth look at systematic research methods. The book is split into four distinct sections for graduate research methods education: the approach, the foundations of research design, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. Chapters offer evidence-based advice grounded in the science of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature from experienced, award-winning and highly recognized instructors of political methodology.
Teaching Graduate Political Methodology will be required reading for faculty wanting to establish excellent methods for challenging subjects within the fields of political science, public administration and public policies. It will also serve as a useful resource for instructors wishing to gain greater student engagement with their courses by utilising different methods.
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Graduate political methodology teaching requires taking students from consumers to producers of knowledge and these chapters offer excellent, short, practical, and helpful advice to support this mission. Whether it is writing a syllabus, suggestions for course content, or larger department conversations around building a graduate curriculum this book covers it. -- Lonna Atkeson, Florida State University, US Brown, Nordyke, and Thies have assembled a truly superb collection of experts teaching their craft. The very broad array of topics covered and the quality of contributions makes this book a must-use in the classroom. -- Douglas Gibler, University of Alabama, US
Contents:Introduction to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology 1Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. ThiesPART I APPROACHING RESEARCH METHODS INTHE GRADUATE POLITICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM1 Transitioning from consumers of knowledge to producersof knowledge: teaching scope and methods to doctoral students 8James C. Garand2 Teaching an introductory graduate methods course 17John Ishiyama3 Place-based versus online instruction 26Daniel Hawes4 Selecting texts 34Jon Parker5 Teaching introductory applied statistics with R 43Timothy M. PetersonPART II FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH DESIGN6 Do as I say, not as I do: the need to incorporate ethics inpolitical science research methods curricula 52Christi Siver and Colin Hannigan7 Abstract Blitzing and beyond: teaching political methodology 62Victor Asal8 Research design and establishing causality 70Stacey Pollard and Adrian Wolfberg9 How to think conceptually without really trying: notes onthe teaching of concept analysis 79Zachary Elkins10 Teaching field experiments 90Christopher W. Larimer11 Teaching graduate students about sampling 99Theodore Arapis12 Teaching bias and error in research designs 108Andrew Niesiobedzki13 Learning by doing: re-positioning surveys from an abstractto a practical tool 118Adriano Udani and David C. KimballPART III QUANTITATIVE METHODS INSTRUCTION14 Data basics for graduate students 125Soren Jordan15 Teaching ordinary least squares regression 134Michelle L. Dion16 Extending regression to binary (and more!) outcomes 169Soren Jordan17 Teaching time series analysis 182Clayton Webb18 Nonparametric data 189Carie Steele and Stephen Meserve19 Replication 198Cameron G. Thies20 How to teach social network analysis to social science students 205Olga Chyzh21 Building a foundation for data science researchers inpolitical science 212Robert Bond22 Data visualization 218Alexis Henshaw and Kirssa Cline RyckmanPART IV QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS23 Helping graduate students understand case study methods:rigor, process tracing, and practice exercises 227Andrew P. Cortell24 Field and observational research 235Stacey Leigh Hunt25 Teaching content analysis to graduate students 242Steven Lloyd Wilson and Yoshiko M. Herrera26 Teaching students better interviewing skills 250Mitchell Brown27 Discourse analysis 257Bryant Harden and Laura Sjoberg28 Teaching ethnography 265Laura Sjoberg and Lili ChenPART V SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION29 Teaching applied research 276Kathleen Hale30 Teaching program evaluation 288Ed Gerrish31 Teaching modern methodology for quantitative policy analysis 299Alexander Alexeev32 Intelligence studies 308Adam Jungdahl33 Teaching how to conduct an environmental behavioral study 318Binita MahatoConclusion to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology 330Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. ThiesIndex
Edited by Mitchell Brown, Professor, Department of Political Science, Auburn University, Shane Nordyke, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of South Dakota and Cameron G. Thies, Professor and Dean, James Madison College, Michigan State University, US
