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Article: Teaching international relations in a changing world: four approaches.
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- PS: Political Science & Politics
- Article date:
- March 1, 1993
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Since the late 1980s, teaching an introductory course of international relations has become a challenging assignment, given the rapid changes that have occurred in international relations in the last few years. The way instruction lags behind the realities of our international environment might have serious implications for the research agenda of international studies toward the 21st century.
As a teaching assistant, I have had the opportunity to compare four different approaches to the study of international relations in introductory courses taught at the undergraduate level between 1984 and 1991 and to observe student reactions and how well the courses adapted to ...