The authors briefly review trends in political science education and describe the remaining journal articles. (DE)

The author identifies three dominant trends in the study of political science in Canada since approximately 1945. (Author/DE)

This paper contends that the issues of constitutional government debated during the founding of the United States should be in the core curriculum of any school that seeks to educate students to become responsible citizens of a constitutional democracy. For purposes of teaching students, the issues debated by founding-era political thinkers can be…

The Woodbury materials center around a mock election in a hypothetical community. Students are given background data of the sort astute and active political campaign personnel would ferret out. A statistical outcome rpovides the students a means of evaluating the effectiveness of their strategy as the game progresses. (JB)

An overview of municipal political studies in Canada is provided. A case study approach to city politics is suggested. (DE)

In this article a seventh and eighth grade teacher presents some of the materials and procedures he followed in staging an election to teach the skills and concepts of voting. (Author/RM)

Provided are the full texts of the teaching outlines for each of the five new political courses established by the Chinese Ministry of Education in the secondary school grades. Also included are articles from a new Chinese journal "Teaching of Secondary School Politics Course." (RM)

An outline of a unit used to teach the political science concept of model-building to both average and above-average high school students is provided. (DE)

This critical review of 13 political science software simulations and tutorials rates the programs both by quality of presentation and by educational content. Courseware does have a truly interactive nature yet allows the student to be in an active mode of control. The software programs reviewed feature a variety of graphic, textual, and…

Based on an experimental classroom situation, a simulation and its results in thought control or brainwashing was conducted in teaching about comparative governments. (JR)

This report presents conclusions of exploratory research conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for the Joint Council on Economic Education. The report explains that 52 New Jersey high school social science teachers participated in discussions designed to determine how economics and political science were being presented in the schools, to…

Simulation game that involves high school or college students in developing a 5-year economic plan for a newly independent third world country. Role playing the members of a revolutionary junta, students weigh individual benefits against national and group benefits. Game involves one or more cycles of strategy formulation, open debate, and voting.…

Explains how to design a high school social studies course which employs film study to explain major social and political themes. Addresses of major film distributors and titles of 23 suggested films are included. For journal availability, see SO 505 902. (Author/DB)

The article discusses a study in which dissonance theory was applied to college and high school social science classes. Topics discussed include social psychological factors which inhibit the teaching-learning process, the students' search for cognitive/evaluative balance, and the relationship of student appraisals of teacher performance to…