Teaching Critical Thinking in Political Science

Edited by Jonathan Olsen () and Vivienne Born ()

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Abstract: This illuminating book provides an overview of best practices to introduce and develop critical thinking (CT) skills in the political science classroom. Featuring contributions from leading experts in a range of academic positions and subdisciplines, it presents perspectives from the various institutional settings that characterize contemporary higher education.

Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035327539
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Teaching critical thinking in political science: an introduction

Jonathan Olsen and Vivienne Born

Ch 2 Introduction to Part I – writing/activities for promoting CT

Jonathan Olsen and Vivienne Born

Ch 3 Writing pedagogy to accelerate student success as disciplinary writers and thinkers

Michele Calderon

Ch 4 Critical complements: combining writing and group discussion activities to help students engage with empirical evidence

Sarah Maxey and Steffen Blings

Ch 5 How to value critical thinking in the political science classroom

John LaForest Phillips

Ch 6 Introduction to Part II − simulations

Jonathan Olsen and Vivienne Born

Ch 7 Simulations and jurisprudence

Robbin Smith

Ch 8 Simulating the European Union

John McCormick

Ch 9 Introduction to Part III – CT and countering cognitive bias

Jonathan Olsen and Vivienne Born

Ch 10 Critical thinking and media literacy in an age of misinformation

Terry Gilmour

Ch 11 Using internet memes to combat cognitive bias

Dominic D. Wells

Ch 12 The ALDAMA method: teaching the relationship between religion and politics in Middle East courses and the Iran case

Marina Díaz-Sanz and Lucía Ferreiro Prado

Ch 13 Introduction to Part IV – fostering critical thinking in different classroom settings

Jonathan Olsen and Vivienne Born

Ch 14 Short in-class activities to promote critical thinking

Charity Butcher

Ch 15 Designing critical thinking activities for the large lecture classroom

Jennifer Danley-Scott

Ch 16 Critical thinking in political science: some reflections on conceptualization, measurement, and the future

John Ishiyama

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