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Taking It to the Street: The Demographics and Pedagogy of APSA's “Star” Teachers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2002

Frank A. Boyd
Frank A. Boyd
Affiliation:
Assistant professor of political science at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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Each year since 1993, the American Political Science Association has recognized its campuswide teaching award winners in the December issue of PS. From 1993 to 1999, more than 400 faculty were recognized for their achievements in the classroom. Though we know who receives teaching awards, we know little about these exceptional teachers. What are the demographic backgrounds, behaviors, and attitudes of “star” teachers? Do they value teaching in qualitatively different ways than other university faculty? Do they use similar particular teaching strategies? Do different institutional settings value different styles of teaching? Are there meaningful variations in the approaches and activities of star teachers with different demographic backgrounds?

Type
Research Article
Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 669 - 673
Copyright
© 2001 by the American Political Science Association

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Footnotes

The author would like to thank the Department of Political Science at Illinois Wesleyan University for generous support of this research. Josip Glaurdic also provided invaluable research assistance.