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Book SynopsisProviding 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.
Trade Review‘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
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology 1 Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies 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 8 James C. Garand 2 Teaching an introductory graduate methods course 17 John Ishiyama 3 Place-based versus online instruction 26 Daniel Hawes 4 Selecting texts 34 Jon Parker 5 Teaching introductory applied statistics with R 43 Timothy M. Peterson 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 52 Christi Siver and Colin Hannigan 7 Abstract Blitzing and beyond: teaching political methodology 62 Victor Asal 8 Research design and establishing causality 70 Stacey Pollard and Adrian Wolfberg 9 How to think conceptually without really trying: notes on the teaching of concept analysis 79 Zachary Elkins 10 Teaching field experiments 90 Christopher W. Larimer 11 Teaching graduate students about sampling 99 Theodore Arapis 12 Teaching bias and error in research designs 108 Andrew Niesiobedzki 13 Learning by doing: re-positioning surveys from an abstract to a practical tool 118 Adriano Udani and David C. Kimball PART III QUANTITATIVE METHODS INSTRUCTION 14 Data basics for graduate students 125 Soren Jordan 15 Teaching ordinary least squares regression 134 Michelle L. Dion 16 Extending regression to binary (and more!) outcomes 169 Soren Jordan 17 Teaching time series analysis 182 Clayton Webb 18 Nonparametric data 189 Carie Steele and Stephen Meserve 19 Replication 198 Cameron G. Thies 20 How to teach social network analysis to social science students 205 Olga Chyzh 21 Building a foundation for data science researchers in political science 212 Robert Bond 22 Data visualization 218 Alexis Henshaw and Kirssa Cline Ryckman PART IV QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 23 Helping graduate students understand case study methods: rigor, process tracing, and practice exercises 227 Andrew P. Cortell 24 Field and observational research 235 Stacey Leigh Hunt 25 Teaching content analysis to graduate students 242 Steven Lloyd Wilson and Yoshiko M. Herrera 26 Teaching students better interviewing skills 250 Mitchell Brown 27 Discourse analysis 257 Bryant Harden and Laura Sjoberg 28 Teaching ethnography 265 Laura Sjoberg and Lili Chen PART V SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION 29 Teaching applied research 276 Kathleen Hale 30 Teaching program evaluation 288 Ed Gerrish 31 Teaching modern methodology for quantitative policy analysis 299 Alexander Alexeev 32 Intelligence studies 308 Adam Jungdahl 33 Teaching how to conduct an environmental behavioral study 318 Binita Mahato Conclusion to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology 330 Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies Index
