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Workshops and World Order Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Raymond McCandless
Raymond McCandless*
Affiliation:
Findlay College
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My classroom experience over the past seven years has convinced me that teaching does indeed offer a special opportunity for learning. Obviously this conclusion has been reached by a countless number of instructors who have taken a serious approach to their teaching. A special understanding and confidence in one's knowledge of the subject-matter comes through the preparation and presentation of a course or even a singular class lecture.

I have attempted to provide undergraduate students with the opportunity for this type of learning experience. A method employed by many instructors is to have students present research projects/papers in class. Although this exercise does approximate the teaching experience, many times the session degenerates into the mere reading of a prepared research paper.

Type
International Studies
Information
News for Teachers of Political Science , Volume 43 , Fall 1984 , pp. 1 - 5
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1984

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References

1. The seminar was taught in the spring semester, 1983. Course development was made possible through a grant provided by World Policy Institute.

2. Weston, Burns H., “Peace and World Order Education: An Optimal Design,” in Feller, Gordon, Schwenninger, Sherle R., Singerman, Diane (eds.), Peace and World Order Studies, A Curriculum Guide, 3rd ed. (New York: Transnational Academic Program, Institute For World Order, 1981), p. 58.Google Scholar

3. The syllabus for “Approaches to World Order” by Saul Mendlovitz in Peace and World Order Studies, A Curriculum Guide was an invaluable aid in the structuring of Part A of my seminar.

4. A few of these articles are: Roy Preiswerk, “Could We Study International Relations as if People Mattered?” Peace and World Order Studies, pp. 2-23; Richard A. Falk, “Contending Approaches to World Order,“ Peace and World Order Studies, pp. 25- 53; Boyer, , “World Order Education, What Is It?” The Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 56:8, (April 1975) pp. 524–27.Google Scholar

5. These problem areas are organized according to an optimistic, solution-oriented stance suggested by Burns H. Weston in his article, “Peace and World Order Education: An Optimal Design” in Peace and World Order Studies, p. 62.

6. Hacker, Frederick J., Crusaders, Criminals, Crazies: Terror and Terrorism in Our Time, (New York: Norton, 1976).Google Scholar

7. Rosen, Steven J. and Jones, Walter S., The Logic of International Relations, 3rd ed., (Mass: Winthrop Publishers, Inc., 1980).Google Scholar

* The commitment and creativity of the following students helped in making the project a success: Jeff Brannan, Gail Dunham, George Papageorgiou.