2008 Conference: Royal Holloway, University of London
The Political Studies Association Teaching & Learning Group Inaugural
Conference 'Teaching Democracy: Youth, Citizenship & Political Science Education' on 3-4 September 2008
Conference Director: James Sloam
Please note that a selection of these papers were published in a special edition of the Journal of Political Science Education, Volume 6, no.4 (2010)
3rd September 2008
12:30 Panel 1: Teaching Democracy Theory and Practice Chair: John Craig (Huddersfield)
- James Sloam (Royal Holloway) Introduction/ Welcome: Youth, Citizenship, and Political Scienc Education: Questions for the Discipline
- Jonathan Parker (Keele) Does Political Science Value Undergraduate Research?
- Michael Bacon (Royal Holloway) John Dewey and the Theory of Teaching Democracy
15:30 Panel 2: Political Science Education Teaching Democracy in HE (practice) Chair: Ben Kisby (Queen Mary/ Sheffield)
- John Craig (Huddersfield): Practitioner focused degrees in Politics: What have we learnt?
- Alasdair Blair (De Montfort) & Steven Curtis (London Metropolitan) Experiencing Politics in Action
- Matthew Wyman (Keele) Teaching the Practice of Politics
17:30 Panel 3: Political Science Education and the New Media
- Annabel Kiernan (Sheffield Hallam) Can e-tools and the virtual learning environment successfully deliver active learning for active citizenship?
- Stephen Thornton (Cardiff) Teaching Politics and the Google Generation
4th September 2008
10:30 Panel 4: Teaching Democracy Outreach (beyond HE and beyond the UK) Chair: James Sloam (Royal Holloway)
- Kevin Rooney (Queens School, Herts): Citizenship Education in Schools – knowledge vs. activities?
- Juan Carlos Barrón-Pastor (East Anglia): Making sense of indifference: An approach from Affect