Teaching Canadian politics and foreign policy onsite: Benefits and challenges
McCormick J.M.
2014
PS - Political Science and Politics
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10.1017/S1049096514001206
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of offering an onsite seminar on Canadian politics and foreign policy and assesses how this format contributes to achieving the goals of the 2011 APSA report, Teaching Political Science in the 21st Century. First, the author describes the development and requirements of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Global Seminar series at Iowa State University, the structure of the seminar, and its operation in Ottawa. Second, several of the pedagogical and experiential benefi ts, as well as the challenges, for making the seminar successful are identifi ed and discussed. Third, by weighing these benefi ts and challenges, the author concludes that such a seminar has the potential to serve as an effective model for increasing an understanding of Canadian politics among American students, as well as to meet several important recommendations for improving the teaching of political science today. © American Political Science Association, 2014.
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Cambridge University Press
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