Active Learning in Political Science for a Post-Pandemic World: From Triage to Transformation

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Tables
1 Introduction: Active Learning for a Post-Pandemic World
What Has Changed? Transformations in Political Science Pandemic Pedagogy
The Scope of the Challenge
Common Themes and Considerations in Pandemic Pedagogy
Chapter Previews
Conclusion
References
2 Theory vs. Practice: An Administrative Perspective on Teaching and Learning in a Pandemic
Pre-Pandemic Institutional Orientations and Commitments: Facing the Covid-19 Challenge
Living Through the Pandemic
Assessment: Delivering Education in a Global Pandemic
Reflections on Inequalities Laid Bare
Projections for a New Normal: Lesson Learned from Remote Education
References
3 Suddenly Teaching Online: How Teaching Excellence Centers Helped Manage New Modes of Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Phase 1: Keep Teaching: Moving from Traditional to Nontraditional Modes (March 2020)
Phase 2: Stress and Trauma: Early Assessment and Reflections (April to May 2020)
Phase 3: The Uncertain Future: Addressing Inequalities and Improving Instruction for All (June to December 2020)
Phase 4: Projections for a New ‘Normal’ (2021 and Beyond)
Conclusion
References
4 Teacher Presence and Engagement: Lessons for Effective Post-Pandemic Pedagogy
Pre-Pandemic Teaching: The U.S. Foreign Policy Syllabus
The Online Transition
Spring 2020 Survey Results
Going Fully Online
Summer 2020 Survey Results
Reflection: Lessons for Post-Pandemic Pedagogy
References
5 Flipped Learning and the Pandemic: How to Create Group Space in the Online Classroom
Pre-Pandemic Teaching Philosophy and Methods
Flipping a Hybrid Classroom
Pandemic-Era Teaching
Maintaining Collaborative Learning Online
Preliminary Results/Observations
Reflecting on Inequalities Within Higher Education
The New Normal?
References
6 The Pandemic and Pedagogy Experimentation: The Benefits of Ungrading
Why Do We Grade?
Going Gradeless
Pre-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Objectives
Teaching and Learning During the Pandemic
Flexibility in Trying Times
Ongoing Communication
Assessment and Reflection
Conclusion and Predictions for the New Normal
References
7 Pandemic Pedagogy: Lessons from a Decade of Teaching About Disasters
Here We Go Again: COVID-19 and the Summer 2020 Course in Context
Reflections on Teaching Difficult and Dynamic Topics
First Challenge: How Much Time Should We Spend on Dynamic and/or Difficult Topics?
Second Challenge: Should I Put Out New Content Daily—To Try to Keep Pace—Or is that Counter-Productive?
Third Challenge: Should I Change Any Assignments?
Conclusion: Is There a “New Normal”?
APPENDIX A
Grading Rubric for Discussion Board
Appendix B
POLS4081 | Disaster Politics | Summer 2020
Engaging the Reading (ETR), Week 1
Appendix C
PROMPT FOR SHORT ESSAY 1 | POLS4081
SUMMER 2020, SHSU
Rubric
Appendix D
PROMPT FOR FINAL ESSAY | POLS4081
SUMMER 2020, SHSU
Rubric
References
8 Teaching War and Politics on Film During “World War C”
Teaching War and Politics on Film Before the Pandemic
Class Themes Addressed During First Half of Semester (In-Person)
Changes During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Blended and Hybrid Learning for the IR Classroom
Adaptive Techniques for Teaching War and Politics on Film
Class Themes Addressed During the Second-Half of Semester (Virtually)
Assessment and Reflections
Inequalities and Change During the Pandemic
Conclusion
References
9 On Campus and Online: Evaluating Student Engagement in the Covid-19 Era
Pre-pandemic Orientations and Commitments
Transition
Assessment
Survey
Performance Data
Reflection on Challenges, Engagement, and Inequities
Conclusion
References
10 Collaborating in the Pandemic: A Pedagogy of Shared Failures
Teaching/Learning for Global Agency in Pre-pandemic Times
Public Discourse Strategies and Tactics
Adaptations to Remote Teaching and Learning
Adaptations to Hyflex Teaching and Learning
Conclusions
References
Index