Using Active-Learning Pedagogy to Develop Essay-Writing Skills in Introductory Political Theory Tutorials

Building on prior research into active learning pedagogy in political science, I discuss the development of a new active learning strategy called the “thesis-building carousel,” designed for use in political theory tutorials. This use of active learning pedagogy in a graduate student-led political theory tutorial represents the overlap of several currents of political science education research. First, the graduate teaching assistant-led tutorial is a common complement to large lecture-based introductory courses in political theory. Second, where International Relations has led the expansion of active learning in political science, political theory has lagged behind other subfields (Archer &; Miller 2011 Archer, Candace C. and Melissa K. Miller. 2011. “Prioritizing Active Learning: An Exploration of Gateway Courses in Political Science.” PS: Political Science &; Politics 44(2): 429–434.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). The thesis-building carousel is designed to develop skills necessary for political theory classes—essay writing and peer review. The article concludes with a discussion of how active learning activities designed for specialized spaces can be modified for use in traditional classroom settings, with the example of three forms of “summary carousels.”     

Aesthetic self-medication: Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose's structures of breathing

This essay tracks adaptations to corporeal transformations in breathing in the performance art and life writing of Bob Flanagan (1952–1996) and Sheree Rose (b. 1941). It chronicles how breathing as an aesthetic strategy gets entangled with breathing as an exceptional or ordinary effect of disability over the course—and, in Rose's case, in the aftermath—of Flanagan's cystic fibrosis. The term “aesthetic self-medication” describes the process through which breathing is induced as an aesthetic form, and its patterns and rhythms transcribed and dramatized, in order to stage minimally coherent self-encounters amidst crisis. As Flanagan's chronic illness worsens and the couple's sadomasochistic dynamic no longer manages chronic pain, aesthetic self-medication structures laboured breathing into new genres of, or affective and libidinal relations to, pain, including boredom and musical humour.     

An Interview with Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Ahlam Mosteghanemi was the first Algerian woman writer to publish a novel in the Arabic language. Her work is therefore very significant in the context of Arab women's writing and feminism. Her novels express a unique understanding of social and political events, and convey the impact of these events on individuals by combining love stories with political and social history, fused together in present time. The interview examines Ahlam Mosteghanemi's novels and the impact of colonization and post-colonization on Mosteghanemi, her writing, Algeria and the Algerian people. Mosteghanemi's decision to write in Arabic and the themes of her novels are directly informed by the Algerian war of independence and as such can be seen both as a statement of independence from the Eurocentric homogenization of language and discourse, and as a feminist political statement. The interview seeks to deconstruct the widespread image of feminist literature as a genre that attempts to explore the female experience through an unnuanced binary focus on the opposition between the male and female within a patriarchal society. The interview pays particular attention to the rich symbolism of Mosteghanemi's novels. Even in the English translation there is a strong sense of the historical and geographical reality of Algeria, an ancient country repeatedly invaded by colonizing forces, and struggling again in the modern world to establish an independent identity. The interview looks at some of the significant themes raised by Mosteghanemi in her novels. In addition to this, the interview pays particular attention to the issue of translation in Mosteghanemi's novels and to her attitudes towards her readership.     

公安院校研究生教育课程设置之思考

研究生课程设置是研究生培养过程中的一个重要环节,目前公安院校研究生教育课程设置中存在诸多问题,要想解决这些问题,在课程设置过程中就必须坚持实事求是、以人为本、系统整合、理论联系实际和开放与创新的原则。     

谈高职网络管理的课程建设

日益扩展的网络和飞速发展的网络技术,给网络业务的开展提供了巨大的便利。但也对网络的管理提出了更高要求,网络管理要向着综合化的方向发展。与此同时,对于高职的网络管理教学也要提出更高的要求,《网络管理》课程的教学要体现综合化,要能够满足网络迅速发展的需要。针对计算机应用专业人才的培养需求,结合《网络管理》课程的建设,文章提出了对课程教学方法的改进、课程实验内容的更新,以及网络方向人才就业的建设措施。     

从校本课程开发看公安高校教育资源的整合与利用

校本课程开发无论是作为一种理论建构,还是作为一种实践形态,都是当前课程研究领域关注的热点问题之一。目前,公安高校的课程现状已经不能完全适应新形势下公安教育的需要,而实施校本课程开发对公安高校的教育资源进行有效的整合与利用,是公安高校实现可持续发展的重要途径之一。     

法律实训课程的创建与实践(二)--以刑事法综合实训课程的创建与实践为例

高等法律职业教育的人才培养目标是按照法律职业的需要,培养具有综合职业能力的高级专门人才.目前,高等政法院校也开展了一些法律实训教学,但是,其法律实训教学一般仅是某门法律理论课中的一个教学环节,很多高校并未独立设置有法律实训课程.为此,高等政法院校应深入开展法律实训课程的创建和实践活动,创建出适合我国国情的法律实训课程体系.     

明清"赶苗拓业"事件探究

在明清王朝统治的3个多世纪里,南方数省毗邻的武陵山及云贵高原东部,多次发生针对当地少数民族的“赶苗拓业”事件。“赶苗拓业”虽然不见于正史的记载,但却是包括明朝开国皇帝在内的封建王朝的统一行动,是统治阶级“平蛮”政策的实施。它给被剿杀、驱赶的相关民族带来了巨大灾难。并迫使苗族大规模西向迁徙,最终形成了今天的分布格局。     

韩国工业化过程中人口城市化进程的研究

20世纪 50年代以来,随着迅速的国家工业化过程,韩国不仅在较短时间内快速地实现了人口城市化,而且人口城市化进程与国家工业化相互促进、协调发展。工业化、产业结构调整、农业发展政策、工业选址政策以及城市社会经济迅速发展是韩国人口城市化的主要社会经济动因。韩国由集中到分散的城市化模式、通过国土综合开发促进新的城市增长极的形成和发展、发展卫星城镇、工业选址政策、可持续的土地政策等推进人口城镇化的成功经验值得我们借鉴。     

书写材料的无损检验系统研究

本研究运用显微分光光度仪、文件检验仪和傅立叶变换拉曼光谱仪三种方法,分别对在中国市场上收集的不同厂家、牌号、型号的35种黑墨水、20种蓝黑墨水、22种蓝墨水、49种黑色墨水笔、30种蓝色墨水笔、45种黑色圆珠笔、和50种蓝色圆珠笔等七组样品进行非破坏检验。结果表明:(1三种非破坏检验方法都能单独对七组样品进行不同程度的鉴别,区分率在50%—94.4%之间;(2)三种方法联用后对黑墨水、蓝黑墨水、蓝墨水、黑色墨水笔、蓝色墨水笔、黑色圆珠笔和蓝色圆珠笔的区分率可分别提高到93.4%、97.3%、99.1%97.2%、97.2%、95.6%和91.8%。通过三种非破坏检验方法的联用,证明它们之间有较强的互补性,最大限度地提高了检验效应,可建立系统的非破坏检验方法。