Teaching Politics and International Relations (PDF)

ALASDAIR BLAIR Professor of Politics and International Relations and National Teaching Fellow, Department of Historical and Social Studies, De Montfort University, UK
JACQUI BRIGGS Principle Lecturer in Politics at the University of Lincoln, UK and Associate Editor of European Political Science
JOHN CRAIG National Teaching Fellow and Assistant Dean, School of Social Sciences and Law, Teesside University, UK
STEVEN CURTIS Senior Lecturer in International Relations at London Metropolitan University, UK and a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
CATHY GORMLEY-HEENAN Director of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRiSS) and Senior Lecturer, School of Criminology, Politics & Social Policy, University of Ulster, UK
LISA HARRISON Head of Department History, Philosophy and Politics, University of the West of England, UK
JON HERBERT Lecturer in American Studies, University of Keele, UK
JENNIFER LEES-MARSHMENT Senior Lecturer in Political Studies, Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland, Australia
CRISTINA LESTON-BANDEIRA Senior Lecturer in Legislative Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK
SIMON LIGHTFOOT Senior Lecturer in European Politics, School of Politics and International studies, University of Leeds, UK
SAMANTHA MCGINTY Research Assistant on a NTFS project looking at assessment and feedback, De Montfort University, UK
LEE MARSDEN Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Political, Social and International Studies, University of East Anglia, UK
DAVE MIDDLETON Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, Open University, UK
KNUT RODER Professor for Politics and Political Economy, Department of Business and Social Sciences, Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus, Spain
CARMEL ROULSTON Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Criminology, Politics & Social Policy, University of Ulster, UK
CHRISTINA ROWLEY Lecturer in American Studies at Swansea

'This is a excellent, timely and comprehensive series of reflections on key issues in teaching politics and international relations. The chapters examine questions raised by teaching controversial issues such as race, international terrorism, theory, as well as the matter of political bias, use of new technologies and assessment practices. The book considers pedagogical issues in a theoretical and practical way, particularly helpful in the current political climate. It represents an excellent synthesis of a generic 'teaching skills' handbook with the specificities of teaching politics and IR. Given the increasing significance of teaching and learning across the HE sector, the new university fees regime, growing awareness of the employability agenda and of 'student satisfaction' surveys, this book constitutes a practical manual for reflecting on our teaching and learning methods and, even more importantly, provides a series of gentle, practical and helpful nudges - focused on specific issues of common concern in political science and IR. Professional self-interest demands that political science and IR colleagues think about the issues raised in this unique book.'

- Inderjeet Parmar, Professor and Chair of British International Studies Association

'This volume, focused on teaching and learning issues in the discipline area of Politics and IR, is greatly to be welcomed. As the editors point out, books on this subject are remarkably few and this at a time when the changing fees regime means that all Politics Departments will have to pay increased attention to teaching issues. Readers will find here the whole array of topics from what is distinctive about the teaching of Politics and IR, to the management of lectures and small group teaching, and the timely question of the particular challenges of teaching topics like 'race' and 'terrorism'. The authors draw on considerable background experience, and indeed include more than one winner of the Political