Teaching graduate political methodology / edited by Mitchell Brown, Professor, Department of political Science, Auburn University, USA, Shane Nordyke, Professor, Department of political Science, University of South Dakota, USA, Cameron G Thies, Professor and Dean, James Madison College, Michigan State University, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Brown, Mitchell, editor.

Nordyke, Shane, editor.

Thies, Cameron G., editor.

Series:

Elgar guides to teaching.

Elgar guides to teaching

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Study and teaching.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology

PART I Approaching research methods in the graduate political science curriculum

1. Transitioning from consumers of knowledge to producers of knowledge: teaching scope and methods to doctoral students

2. Teaching an introductory graduate methods course

3. Place-based versus online instruction

4. Selecting texts

5. Teaching introductory applied statistics with R

PART II Foundations of research design

6. Do as I say, not as I do: the need to incorporate ethics in political science research methods curricula

7. Abstract Blitzing and beyond: teaching political methodology

8. Research design and establishing causality

9. How to think conceptually without really trying: notes on the teaching of concept analysis

10. Teaching field experiments

11. Teaching graduate students about sampling

12. Teaching bias and error in research designs

13. Learning by doing: re-positioning surveys from an abstract to a practical tool

PART IIII Quantitative methods instruction

14. Data basics for graduate students

15. Teaching ordinary least squares regression

16. Extending regression to binary (and more!) outcomes

17. Teaching time series analysis

18. Nonparametric data

19. Replication

20. How to teach social network analysis to social science students

21. Building a foundation for data science researchers in political science

22. Data visualization

PARTI IV Qualitative data collection and analysis

23. Helping graduate students understand case study methods: rigor, process tracing, and practice exercises

24. Field and observational research

25. Teaching content analysis to graduate students.

26. Teaching students better interviewing skills

27. Teaching discourse analysis

28. Teaching ethnography

PART V Specialized instruction

29. Teaching applied research

30. Teaching program evaluation

31. Teaching modern methodology for quantitative policy analysis

32. Intelligence studies

33. Teaching how to conduct an environmental behavioral study

Conclusion to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Brown, Mitchell Teaching Graduate Political Methodology

ISBN:

1-80088-528-8