Politics in Action
Wolves, Snowmobiles, and Bison and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12376785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soleiman M Kiasatpour (Western Kentucky University, corresponding author), Soleiman Kiasatpour, Christopher Whitfield (0000-0002-1435-6812, Western Kentucky University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 193-206 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s104909650808030x |
| OpenAlex | W2166284811 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Faculty are always grappling with how to get their students to actively participate in learning about politics. Interest in active learning, service learning, and other pedagogical approaches demonstrate this concern. At the same time we are witnessing a parallel and related mission promoting civic engagement. For example, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' American Democracy Project has a civic engagement series in which it collaborates with campuses across the United States to encourage increased political participation and civic awareness of topics such as the stewardship of public lands and jury service, to name a few. What can instructors do in the classroom to bring these learning methods together and accomplish these goals? We suggest that outlining and describing the political dynamics of interest group activity in an interesting issue area, and then requiring students to advocate on behalf of these interests in class role-play scenarios and other exercises, help to accomplish active learning, which may lead to greater civic engagement. The authors thank Michael J. Yochim for his insightful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript and George L. Mehaffy, vice president for Academic Leadership and Change at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the founder of the American Democracy Project, for organizing our visit to Yellowstone National Park
Civic engagement · Democracy · Jury · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Service-learning · Sociology · State (computer science · Stewardship (theology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Public Administration · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Down to Earth
The greater Yellowstone ecosystem policy arena
The Science of Storytelling
The wolf in Yellowstone
Club Dread’
Public opinion for sale
The Politics of E. E. Schattschneider
Educating the “Good” Citizen
Come to the Edge
Enlivening Political Science Courses with Kolb's Learning Preference Model
Iron Triangle Simulation
Active Learning in Comparative Politics
Designing In-Class Simulations
Byzantine Politics
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |