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In the Pits: Teaching from the Bottom Up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2017

Sean Michael Cox
Affiliation:
assistant professor and chairman of the Department of International Relations at Dogus University in Istanbul, Turkey, where he has worked for the past four years. While he teaches a wide range of courses, he focuses mainly on the field of comparative politics. He is also the codirector of the Black Sea Area Research Group (BSARG), a consortium of scholars conducting work on Black Sea issues. His research interests can be found in the areas of Black Sea studies, European security and institutionalization, and European elite/leadership studies.

Abstract

I felt compelled to write this brief essay after glancing through “The Teacher” section of the recent issues of PS. There are several articles exhorting young educators, soon-to-be educators, or those considering pursuing a career in academia to think about what it means to get in front of a classroom and impart that information which we believe will make a world of difference to our students. These eminent scholars with years of cumulative experience offer sage advice, relevant anecdotes, and a rosy perspective on how exploring alternative avenues of information dissemination will make the classroom experience more positive and fruitful for instructor and student alike.

Type
THE TEACHER
Copyright
2003 by the American Political Science Association

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