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PSA Annual Conference 2018 - Cardiff
Teaching quantitative methods: issues and Ideas – a joint Teaching and Learning Specialist Group and Quantitative Methods Network panel
27th March, 9.30-11am
Chair: Emily Clough (University of Newcastle)
Elizabeth Oldmixon (University of North Texas) - It was my understanding that there would be no math: using thematic cases to teach undergraduate research methods
Ben Baumberg Geiger (University of Kent) - New ideas for evaluating innovative quantitative teaching - and their limits
Jai Seaman (Sage Publishing) - Research on the student experience and emotional response to learning statistics: a publisher’s perspective
Jackie Carter (University of Manchester) - Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn: understanding statistics through work-placed learning
Helen Williams (University of Nottingham) - From statistophobia to statistophilia: teaching politics and international relations students to love numbers
Teaching politics and the student experience
Tues 27th March, 1.30-3pm
Chair: Donna Smith (Open University)
Simon Sweeney (University of York) Mental health and well-being: protecting students in times of anxiety
Frands Pedersen (University of Westminster) What do students really think about our teaching and how does it compare to other subject areas?
Sarah Cooper and Claire Dunlop (University of Exeter) Evaluating the stages heuristic in policy teaching: an experimental analysis
Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan, Sarai Keestra (UCL) Learning stories: pedagogies of participation in reflexive research
Issues in teaching politics and international relations
Tues 27th March, 3.30-5pm
Chair: Donna Smith (Open University)
Samantha Newbury (University of Salford) Research ethics: ‘It’s not as dull as you think’
Stephen Thornton (Cardiff University) Information literacy revisited, again
Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University) Reflections on reforming the A level in Politics: ‘…the strong and slow boring of hard boards?’ (Weber 1919)
PSA Annual Conference 2017 - Glasgow
Teaching Excellence in Politics and IR 1
Wednesday 12th April
Chair: Dr Catherine Eschle (University of Strathclyde)
Dr Mark McNally (University of the West of Scotland) - Employing a Dissertation Diary with Mahara: An Evaluation of Practice on a Politics Dissertation Module
Dr Helen Williams (University of Nottingham) - Teaching Research Methods: To Embed or not to Embed...the Rise of a Third Way?
Christopher Goldsmith (De Montfort University), Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen (IES Abroad) - Walking the Tightrope: Safe Spaces in the Politics and International Relations Classroom
Teaching Excellence in Politics and IR 2
Wednesday 12th April
Chair: Dr Donna Smith (The Open University)
Dr Donna Smith (The Open University) - Participation in Online/Distance Undergraduate Politics Module Forums at The Open University and Implications for Teaching and Learning Strategy
Discussion of the PSA Submission of Evidence to the British Academy Skills Project.
TEF Roundtable - What does the Teaching Excellence Framework mean for Politics and IR?
Wednesday 12th April
Chair: Dr Helen Williams (University of Nottingham)
Professor Matthew Flinders (University of Sheffield)
Dr Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University)
Professor John Craig (Leeds Beckett University)
Discussant: Professor Alasdair Blair (De Montfort University)
PSA Annual Conference 2016 - Brighton
Teaching the Practice of Politics
Room: Hilton Meeting Room 1
Wednesday 23rd March 09:00 - 10:30
Panel Chair: Dr Barbara Zollner (Birkbeck College)
Using boardgames to teach US politics - Dr Matthew Ashton (Nottingham Trent University)
The Practice of Politics: the Careers Adviser's view - Dr Steve Carter (University of Leeds)
Learning About Politics Through Game Production - Dr Frands Pedersen (University of Westminster)
A widening, not a narrowing: practical politics modules, the pedagogy of formation, and visions of ‘the good life' - Dr Edwin Bacon (Birkbeck, University of London)
Global, local, political – student engagement and participation across cultures, borders and disciplines
Room: Hilton Meeting Room 7
Wednesday 23rd March 09:00 - 10:30
Panel Chair: Dr Aida Abzhaparova (UWE)
‘The use of digital imagery in international student engagement’ -Dr David Roberts (Loughborough University) and Professor Richard Freeman (University of Edinburgh)
Dr Darcy Leigh (University of Edinburgh)
TalkPolitics and the problem of letting go: moving towards student led discussion of global politics across institutions - Dr Pete Woodcock (University of Huddersfield)
Bringing ‘expert witnesses’ to the classroom - Dr Mark Shanahan (University of Reading)
Innovations in Teaching Politics
Room: Hilton Meeting Room 7
Wednesday 23rd March 11:00 - 12:30
Panel Chair: Alison Statham (De Montfort University)
Political Science as a Taught Discipline: Uncovering a century of debate on what, how and why it should be studied - Professor John Craig (Leeds Beckett University)
Participation in online/distance undergraduate politics module forums at The Open University and implications for teaching and learning strategy - Dr Donna Smith (The Open University)
Hegemony in the Classroom: Islamicisation and Privatisation of Education in Turkey - Mr Gorkem Altinors (University of Nottingham)
Feedback: Critiquing Practice, Moving Forward -Dr Helen Williams (University of Nottingham) and Dr Nicola Smith (University of Birmingham)
Innovations in Teaching Politics: Skills and Assessment
Room: Hilton Meeting Room 7
Wednesday 23rd March 13:30 - 15:00
Panel Chair: Professor John Craig (Leeds Beckett University)
Embedding Study Skills Can Work: results from an analysis of the effect of an embedded study skills intervention on essay writing marks in a first-year UG course - Dr Philip Cook (University of Edinburgh), Other authors: Ms Alice Dias Lopes (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Andrew Thompson (University of Edinburgh)
Leveraging learning: how assessments can change student engagement with research methods - Dr Helen Williams (University of Nottingham)
PSA Annual Conference 2015 - Sheffield
Developments in Teaching and Learning
Wednesday 1st April 09:00 - 10:30Panel
Chair: Dr Stephen Thornton (Cardiff University)
The pedagogy of democratic reading and writing: Danielle Allen's Our Declaration as teaching-led research -Dr Pete Woodcock (University of Huddersfield)
Learning Politics and International Relations Through Game Production - Dr Frands Pedersen (University of Westminster)
Including student mobility into the Politics curriculum: what works, what doesn't, why do it? - Dr Rose Gann & Dr Matthew Ashton (Nottingham Trent University)
An Audit of Transferable Skills Teaching in UK Politics Departments - Dr Alistair Clark & Tristan Martin (Newcastle University)
Roundtable: Revisiting the QAA Politics and International Relations Benchmark Statements
Wednesday 1st April 11:00 - 12:
Chair: Dr Stephen Thornton (Cardiff University)
The panel will be discussing the recent update to the Politics and International Relations benchmark statement – which can be accessed at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication?PubID=2913
Dr Jacqueline Briggs (University of Lincoln)
Dr John Craig (Higher Education Academy)
Dr Lisa Harrison (University of the West of England)
PSA Annual Conference 2014 - Manchester
Reflections on the research/teaching nexus: A roundtable
Tuesday 15 April
Chair: Dr Martin Coward (Newcastle University)
Christopher Goldsmith (De Montfort University)
Dr Cristina Leston-Bandeira (University of Hull)
Dr Simon Lightfoot (University of Leeds)
Are we there yet? What do we know about how we teach politics and international relations?
Wednesday 16 April 11:00-12:30
Chair: Steven Curtis (London Metropolitan University and the Higher Education Academy)
Dr Hardeep Basra (University of Nottingham), Dr Helen Williams Feedback: A Critical Reflection of Current Practices
Dr John Craig (Higher Education Academy) Building up or building out? A bibliographic analysis of recent political science education journal papers
Dr Clodagh Harris (University College Cork), Dr Brid Quinn How do we teach political science in Ireland? A study of techniques, traits and tools.
Dr Maureen Parnell (Edinburgh Napier University) Experimenting with Technology for Teaching and Learning
Teaching Political Studies: New contexts, new challenges
Wednesday 16 April
Chair: Dr John Craig (Higher Education Academy)
Ben Duke (Keele University) Is Diversity and Equality as ‘Good Practice’ in Politics, and the Discipline of Political Science, Finally Coming of Age or Already Passé?
Dr Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University) Internationalising the Social Sciences curricula and developing study abroad opportunities in a UK HEI – suggestions and reflections (not answers) from a School lead for Internationalisation
Dr Lee Jerome (Queen’s University Belfast), Elizabeth Moorse (Association for Citizenship Teaching) Should we make room for rebels and radicals in the national curriculum for citizenship?
PSA Conference 2013 - Cardiff
Pedagogy Research and Teaching Politics
Tuesday 26 March
Chair: Steven Curtis
Alasdair Blair (De Montfort University) Where have we got to in UK Higher Education Research in Politics and International Relations
John Craig (Higher Education Academy) The scholarship of teaching and learning in politics and IR
Chris Rudd (University of Otago) Do teachers practice what they preach: a case study of three politics lecturers
Not another Lecture: Other ways to teach and learn politics
Tuesday 26 March
Chair: John Craig
John Hogan (Dublin Institute of Technology), Paul Donnelly (Dublin Institute of Technology) Drawing and knowing: An approach to encouraging critical thinking in the classroom
Frands Pedersen (University of Westminster) Using Mobile Devices in Politics and IR Simulations
Mark Wheeler (London Metropolitan University) ‘A City upon a Hill’: The Wire as a vehicle for the teaching of the United States polity
Research-led Teaching in Politics and International Relations
Tuesday 26 March
Chair: John Craig
Simon Lightfoot (University of Leeds), Volha Piotukh (University of Leeds) Research-led learning in Politics and IR
Alison Statham (De Montfort University) A Poster Presentation about Poster Presentations!
Malin Stegmann McCallion (Karlstad University) Speaking the Same Language? United States polity
Studying Politics: Transitions and Employability
Chair: John Craig
Wednesday 27 March
Alasdair Blair (De Montfort University) Learning from below: a comparative investigation into 1st year students transition to University
Steven Curtis (London Metropolitan University/Higher Education Academy) New Dimensions of Experiential Learning in Politics: Revisiting The Scholarship of Engagement Five Years On
Donna Lee (University of Birmingham), Emma Foster (University of Birmingham), Holly Snaith (University of Sheffield/Aston University) Employability Learning and the Politics/IR Curriculum
Teaching Research Methods in Politics
Chair: John Craig
Wednesday 27 March
Michael Adkins (University of Birmingham), Helen Williams (University of Birmingham) Tackling the divide: Strategies to Minimise Gender differences in the uptake of Quantitative Methods amongst Political Science Undergraduates
Emily Clough (University of Newcastle) Integrating Quantitative Methods into the Politics Curriculum: A Seminar-Based Approach
Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University) What do students need to know? A comparative analysis of Research Methods teaching in Politics and the Social Sciences
Clare Saunders (University of Exeter), Matt Ryan (University of Southampton), Emily Rainsford (University of Southampton), Emma Thompson (University ofSouthampton) From method acting to reality show! Using audio-recorded research-interviews to aid student learning in Politics research methods modules.
Using Technology to Enhance Student Learning in Politics
Wednesday 27 March
Chair: John Craig
Annabel Kiernan (Manchester Metropolitan University) Globally networked courses in Politics: Can we create truly transnational learning?
Dave Middleton (Open University) Using video shorts to engage distance learners
Stephen Thornton (University of Cardiff), Joe Nicholls (University of Cardiff) The Digidol Project, Digital Literacy, and the Implications for Politics
PSA Conference 2012 - Belfast
Not just Passive Consumers! Models of Active Learning in Politics
Session 3 (Tuesday 3 April 16:00-17:30)
Frands Pedersen: Collaboration or Competition in the Post-Browne Era: An evaluation of the use and development of, and feedback on, an archive of simulations and games
Alison Statham: A Role for Social Networking in the Support of Teaching and Learning?
Can do? Enhancing Skills and Employability in Politics Degrees
Session 7 (4 April 16:00-17:30)
Fidlema Ashe: Harnessing Political Theory to Facilitate Students’ Engagement with Graduate ‘Employability’: A Critical Pyramid Approach
John Craig: Enhancing employability and skills: lessons and opportunities
Stephen Thornton: ‘I’ve been studying for 15 years and so know some things!’: Some adventures in trying to make a study skills programme relevant
Teaching and Learning in Politics
Session 8 (5 April 09:00-10:30)
Lisa Kiely and Aisling O’Connor: The University as a Forum for Community Engagement: The Perspective of Early Career Academics
Mary McLaughlin: Masters on the Hill – Tandem delivery of postgraduate internships and degree qualifications
Kirk Simpson: Teaching and Learning Political Science: The Importance of Habermasian Communication
PSA Conference 2011 - London
Do We Know What Works? Teaching and Learning in Politics and International Relations
Session 1 (Tuesday 19th April, 10:00 - 11:30)
John Craig: What Are We Talking About? The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Politics and International Relations
Steven Curtis: Supporting Learning and Teaching in Hard Times: Promoting Pedagogical Innovation in Politics and International Relations in the Twenty-First Century
Rose Gann: What can we learn from popular perceptions and views about the study of politics at university and how might this information help inform our thinking on how to best to manage the transition from school to university?-
Politics as a Professional Education
Session 2 (Tuesday 19th April, 11:30 - 13:00)
Katherine Brown: A Learning Institution? The politics of Professional Military Education
Brid Quinn: Reflection and research: reflection on research
Engaging with Communities in Politics Teaching and Learning
Session 3 (Tuesday 19th April, 14:30 - 16:00)
David Bates: Teaching Engagement
Sarah Hale: Workplace Politics: Foundation Degrees in Local Government and the Public Sector
Annabel Kiernan: Connecting communities: Community Engagement and the Big Society at MMU,
Engaging Students? Critical Reflection on Innovations in Politics Teaching
Session 10 (Thursday 21st April, 09:00 - 10:30)
Meriel D’Artrey : A theoretical mapping of the context and process of the teaching and learning of political theory
Cristina Leston-Bandeira: Students’ Perceptions of Online Teaching
Stephen Thornton: From Dick Crossman to Alistair Campbell: Teaching British politics through political diaries, memoirs and biographies
PSA Conference 2010 - Edinburgh
Employability and Skills – what place in a politics degree?
Tuesday 30 March, 11:00 - 12:30
Alistair Clark - Embedding Transferable Skills and Enhancing Student Learning in a Political Science Research Methods Module: Evidence from the UK
John Craig - Beyond Economically Valuable Skills: Politics and employer engagement.
Donna Lee - Employability At The Business-Led University: Towards A Student-Led And Business Facing Agenda
Talking with students: Hopes, fears and feedback.
Wednesday 31 March, 09:00 - 10:30
Bela Arora - From Feedback to feed forward: Please come to the diary room...
Alasdair Blair and Steven Curtis- It’s Good to Talk: Feedback, Dialogue and Learning
Rose Gann - Mind the gap! What can we learn from students’ expectations and experiences of the transition from school to university for the teaching of Politics?
Developing Active Learning in Politics and IR.
Wednesday 31 March, 11:00 - 12:30
Archie Simpson - IR Teaching Reloaded: Using Films and Simulations in the Teaching of International Relations
Stephen Thornton - Information Literacy: Where next?
Penny Welch - Feminist pedagogy in the Politics classroom
PSA Conference 2009 - Manchester
Teaching Politics: Beyond the Classroom
Tuesday 7 April 14:30 - 16:00
Clodagh Harris - Active citizenship and service learning – : Integrating research, teaching and learning in the postgraduate classroom
David Bates - Making Politics Matter: Political Education in a 'Knowledge Transfer' Context
Steven Curtis - Short Politics Placements and Employability
Teaching Politics: New Approaches for Engaging Learners
Wednesday 8 April 09:30 - 11:00
Stephen Thornton - Attempting to bridge the barrier between academic study and research skills training: Embedding information literacy into the Politics curriculum
Dave Middleton - Education as Soap Opera: Is this Dumbing Down?
Annabel Kiernan - Teaching frameworks for participation - Should we? Can we?
Lyndsey Power - The use of learning journals in human rights teaching: A novel initiative in reflective learning
PSA Conference 2008 - Swansea
E-learning Innovations within Politics
Tuesday 1st April (2.30 – 4pm)
Pete Woodcock - i Pod therefore I am: using PC videos to teach the history of political philosophy
Jason Ralph, Esther Jubb et al - Pol-casting: The use of Podcasting in the teaching and learning of Politics and International Relations
Dave Middleton - The challenge of embedding an e-learning resource into the politics curriculum
Innovations in Teaching and Learning Politics
Tuesday 1st April(4.30 – 6pm)
Stephen Thornton Assessing information literacy in a Politics module
John Craig - Politics After Leitch: What can we learn from Foundation Degrees?
Rich Adams - Preparing Students for the study of Politics and International Relations
Teaching, Citizenship and Democracy: The Role of Higher Education
Wednesday 2nd April (9 - 10.30am)
Jenna Catley and Roger Ottewill - Promoting the Teaching of Citizenship in Higher Education: Using Online Learning Resources
Jenna Catley and Matthew Wyman - Teaching and Learning through Active Citizenship
James Sloam - Teaching Democracy: Youth Participation and the Role of Political Science Education
PSA Conference 2007 - Bath
Teaching and Learning Innovations in Politics 1
Dave Middleton - Multi-Media Learning: Lessons from the PARLE project
Philippa Sherrington - The Pedagogy of Placement Learning
Stephen Thornton - Pedagogy, Politics and Information Literacy
Teaching and Learning Innovations in Politics 2
Rich Adams and Rose Gann - Guidance, What Guidance?
John Craig and Pete Woodcock - Case-based Learning in Politics - did it work?
Graham Smith, Roger Ottewill, Esther Jubb, Liz Sperling and Matthew Wyman - Teaching Citizenship in Higher Education.
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