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Article: Exploring political science's signature pedagogy.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2006
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Abstract
The international political science community has demonstrated a reluctance to engage with the discourse of education. Academics tend to be concerned chiefly with political science as an academic discipline and not with political science as a form of education. This article explores the similarities and differences in the signature pedagogy of political science across a number of countries. It outlines the emergence and resilience of the pedagogy, its impact on student learning and its future evolution.
Introduction
Shulman (2005a: 1) identifies signature pedagogies as "types of teaching that organize the fundamental ways in which ...