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Direct linkBerggren, Heidi M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2011
This study assessed the capacity of a major Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Assignment to improve students' content knowledge surrounding relevant course concepts in two sections of "The Politics of Welfare Reform," a 200-level class offered at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. The hypothesis was that performance on the PBL assignment, which…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Course Content, Welfare Services, Teaching Methods
Download full textGillespie, Judith A.; Lazarus, Stuart – 1975
This is the third unit to the second-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course which focuses on a specific, controversial, political issue. The unit analyzes the concept of political maintenance by studying the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) between 1918 and 1975 and its fight to secure mine safety standards. A documentary…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Course Content, Documentaries
Gillespie, Judith A.; Lazarus, Stuart – 1975
The fourth unit to the second-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course focuses on a specific, controversial, political issue. Using a documentary approach, this unit analyzes the concept of political change by examining the changes in Riverside, California, as that community confronts the issue of smog. The unit is divided into…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Class Activities, Community Action
Gillespie, Judith A.; Lazarus, Stuart – 1975
Unit two to the second-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course focuses on a specific controversial political issue: court-ordered busing in Boston. A documentary approach represents the core of instruction in this 12th-grade unit. This approach avoids lengthy narratives of a theoretical approach and yet is more in-depth than…
Descriptors: Busing, Case Studies, Class Activities, Concept Teaching
