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2008 APSA Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2008

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The 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) was held on February 22–24, 2008, in San Jose, California. This year marks the fifth annual TLC. The conference uses the Working Group model, permitting in-depth discussion and debate amongst colleagues on research dealing with the scholarship of teaching and learning. In addition to the 12 Working Groups, there were workshops on various topics. This year there were over 300 registrants, including college and university faculty, graduate students, high school teachers, nonprofit representatives, and others. Michael Brintnall and Kimberly Mealy of APSA offered welcoming remarks. APSA President Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame, was the 2008 TLC opening speaker. Dr. Luis Fraga, former APSA council member and associate vice provost of the University of Washington, delivered the keynote address “The Responsibilities of Leadership: Political Science Education for the 21st Century.” The closing program featured short presentations from the chair of the Programming Committee, Sherri Wallace, and from each track moderator. It is our hope that the ideas generated and shared at the TLC will help to foster debate, research, and pedagogical innovations within the discipline.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 613
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2008

The 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) was held on February 22–24, 2008, in San Jose, California. This year marks the fifth annual TLC. The conference uses the Working Group model, permitting in-depth discussion and debate amongst colleagues on research dealing with the scholarship of teaching and learning. In addition to the 12 Working Groups, there were workshops on various topics. This year there were over 300 registrants, including college and university faculty, graduate students, high school teachers, nonprofit representatives, and others. Michael Brintnall and Kimberly Mealy of APSA offered welcoming remarks. APSA President Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame, was the 2008 TLC opening speaker. Dr. Luis Fraga, former APSA council member and associate vice provost of the University of Washington, delivered the keynote address “The Responsibilities of Leadership: Political Science Education for the 21st Century.” The closing program featured short presentations from the chair of the Programming Committee, Sherri Wallace, and from each track moderator. It is our hope that the ideas generated and shared at the TLC will help to foster debate, research, and pedagogical innovations within the discipline.

In addition to a host of sponsors and exhibitors, the 2008 conference also featured two Program Partners, Point Loma Nazarene University and Northeastern University. These schools' contributions have helped support APSA's year-long commitment to teaching and learning in the discipline of political science. For more information on the Partners Program, visit http://www.apsanet.org/content_44609.cfm.

APSA would like to thank the following individuals for their service on the 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference Program Committee: Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville, chair; Helen Boutrous, Mount Saint Mary's College; Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Russell Mayer, Merrimack College; Cameron G. Thies, University of Missouri-Columbia; and Christopher Van Aller, Winthrop University. These six committee members, along with the following six individuals, served as the 2008 track moderators: Marcus D. Allen, Wheaton College; Mitchell Brown, Auburn University; Tim Meinke, Lynchburg College; Chad Raymond, Elon University; William R. Wilkerson, SUNY Oneonta; and Pamela Zeiser, University of North Florida. For more information on the 2008 TLC or the upcoming 2009 TLC, visit http://www.apsanet.org/section_236.cfm or contact Kim Mealy at .