Name: Teaching Research Methods in Political Science
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ISBN: 9781839101205

Teaching Research Methods in Political Science, 1st Edition, edited by Jeffrey L. Bernstein, addresses pedagogical approaches to methodology instruction across the discipline. The collection brings together experienced instructors to examine course design, instructional practices, and the integration of research training into political science programs.

Discussion focuses on foundational competencies, including formulating research questions, measuring concepts, and building information literacy. Contributors explore active learning strategies to support these skills, such as using structured simulation exercises to engage students with methodological concepts.

The volume also connects methodology training to broader disciplinary themes, highlighting civic education and the perspectives of previously silenced voices. It serves as a resource for methodology instructors, faculty members designing new courses, and educational scholars.

Table of Contents

Chapter Introduction: the citizenship imperative and the political science research methods course
Chapter 1: Getting the basics right: finding the right research question
Chapter 2: Incorporating information literacy in political science research design
Chapter 3: Beyond the annotated bibliography: improving student literature reviews through structured heuristics
Chapter 4: Promoting course coherence by teaching with an invisible pet and other case studies
Chapter 5: Effectively teaching research methods as a series of simulation exercises
Chapter 6: Political methodology without the politics: reshaping the methods course to focus on real-world content and skill building
Chapter 7: Engaged statistics: building statistical skills by focusing on answering interesting and important questions
Chapter 8: Teaching transparency: principles and practical considerations with illustrations in R and Stata
Chapter 9: Effectively teaching research methods in an online course
Chapter 10: Designing and implementing methods curricula
Chapter 11: Scaffolding research methods across the curriculum: an exploration of embedded curricular design
Chapter 12: Incorporating and assessing methods across the political science curriculum
Chapter 13: Are students failing research methods or are research methods failing students?
Chapter 14: What the traditional critiques from marginalized groups bring to comprehending political science research today
Chapter 15: Mainstreaming gender in research methods
Chapter 16: A Deweyan pragmatist view on political science methods

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