Gender in the political science classroom [electronic resource] / edited by Ekaterina M. Levintova and Alison Kathryn Staudinger.

Contributor(s): Levintona, Ekaterina M [editor.] | Staudinger, Alison Kathryn [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: x, 289 pages : online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253033222 (eISBN)Subject(s): Feminism and higher educationAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleLOC classification: LC197 .G46 2018Online resources: e-book Full-text access In: JSTOR EBASummary: Gender in the Political Science Classroomlooks at the roles gender plays in teaching and learning in the traditionally male-dominated field of political science. The contributors to this collection bring a new perspective to investigations of gender issues in the political behavior literature and feminist pedagogy by uniting them with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The volume offers a balance between the theoretical and the practical, and includes discussions of issues such as curriculum, class participation, service learning, doctoral dissertations, and professional placements. The contributors reveal the discipline of political science as a source of continuing gender-based inequities, but also as a potential site for transformative pedagogy and partnerships that are mindful of gender. While the contributors focus on the discipline of political science, their findings about gender in higher education are relevant to SoTL practitioners, other social-science disciplines, and the academy at large.
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Includes index (pages 277-288).

Gender in the Political Science Classroomlooks at the roles gender plays in teaching and learning in the traditionally male-dominated field of political science. The contributors to this collection bring a new perspective to investigations of gender issues in the political behavior literature and feminist pedagogy by uniting them with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The volume offers a balance between the theoretical and the practical, and includes discussions of issues such as curriculum, class participation, service learning, doctoral dissertations, and professional placements. The contributors reveal the discipline of political science as a source of continuing gender-based inequities, but also as a potential site for transformative pedagogy and partnerships that are mindful of gender. While the contributors focus on the discipline of political science, their findings about gender in higher education are relevant to SoTL practitioners, other social-science disciplines, and the academy at large.

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