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Direct linkAwaah, Fred; Okebukola, Peter; Shabani, Juma; Raheem, Kolawole; Ahove, Michael; Onowugbeda, Franklin; Agbanimu, Deborah – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
The rationale of this study is first hinged on research deficit in topic difficulty in the public administration curriculum in African universities. Further, there is no single study in the humanities, particularly public administration (PA), that has explored the efficacy of the Culturo-Techno-Contextual Approach (CTCA) in easing learning…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Politics, Administrative Organization
Robin J. Kempf; Reeti Sharma – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Using fictional literature in public administration classrooms has been advocated by public administration educators since the middle of the past century. Stories are asserted to be a legitimate tool to understand social systems, management models, and ethical dilemmas. It is argued that fictional literature influences how students perceive the…
Descriptors: Fiction, Public Administration Education, Instructional Materials, Theory Practice Relationship
Marks, Peter; Knassmüller, Monika – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic forced surprised governments worldwide to act fast and decisively, often revealing lack of preparation for this kind of situation. However, such crises are expected to occur far more frequently than ever before. To keep societies prospering, governments, administrations, and civil servants will have to adapt quickly and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Resilience (Psychology), Educational Change
Straussman, Jeffrey D.; Guinn, David E. – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
The article tackles the question, how to provide students with a comparative orientation to public administration. We eschew the older tradition of comparing major systems such British parliamentary system or French bureaucratic approaches to organizations' structure. Rather, we seek to understand public administration in countries with different…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, International Education
Helen K. Liu; Zih-Yang Zhou; Benjamin Jackson – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
Wikipedia-based assignments have been adopted successfully in classrooms to improve learning outcomes. However, although this teaching method has been adopted regularly in Western higher education settings, more is needed in an international learning environment. Therefore, this research investigates how employing technology-mediated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Public Administration Education, Web Sites
Ahmed, Shamima – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
Research has documented that applied projects that are experiential and grounded in the course contents offer effective hands-on experience to students to understand the course materials and apply their learnings in a meaningful way. Experiential learning is particularly relevant to Master of Public Administration Programs (MPA), which are usually…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Public Administration Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Experiential Learning
Alexandra Morrison; Adam M. Wellstead; Helen Dickinson – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
The use of algorithms and automation of public services is not new, but in recent years there has been a step change in processing power and a decrease in the price of these technologies, which means we are seeing more widespread use. These advances are reframing our perception of what matters in ways that impact the ethical dimensions of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Public Administration, Ethics, Teaching Methods
Munoz-del-Campo, Norma – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
If the aim of developing public policies is to solve social issues, it is worth asking whether the higher education programs for future public servants are being adapted to the demands of our societies. If we also recognize a relationship between education and political capacity, then it is pertinent to study the development of knowledge, skills,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Masters Programs, Public Policy
Meyer, Seth J. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021
Creating an engaging and educational experience in an ethics class can be difficult. But media, such as TV and movies, can supplement ethics education in public administration. For this study, I used the TV show "The Good Place" as a case study for a masters-level Administrative Ethics class. Through this, I explore the themes presented…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Public Administration Education, Ethical Instruction, Graduate Students
Meril Antony; Rachel Emas; Shahrin Upoma – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
While pedagogical practice is not mandatory in doctoral programs, many doctoral students often serve as graduate student instructors or teaching assistants for college courses. However, most institutions neither mandate nor offer pedagogical training as part of doctoral education. Effective teaching necessitates subject matter expertise and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Teaching Methods
Leight, Matthew D.; Abbott, Michaela – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
Master of Public Administration (MPA) alumni face increasingly diverse and global professional expectations. Public affairs specialists generally go on to manage complex partnerships that involve a wide array of participants. Public administration education ought to do its part to ensure these graduates succeed. In this sense, we offer comparative…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Public Affairs Education, Public Administration Education, Global Approach
Ancira, Jesse; Rangarajan, Nandhini; Shields, Patricia – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
The academic practitioner divide and strategies to close that gap have been important lines of inquiry in the fields of public administration and public affairs. This study contributes to that significant body of work by reporting results from two surveys of faculty in NASPAA accredited programs and of practitioners affiliated with the…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Public Administration
Bruce D. McDonald III; William Hatcher; Hunter Bacot; Michelle D. Evans; Sean A. McCandless; Lindsey M. McDougle; Sarah L. Young; Ian C. Elliott; Rachel Emas; Elaine Yi Lu; Michaela E. Abbott; Domonic A. Bearfield; RaJade M. Berry-James; Brandi Blessett; Erin L. Borry; John Diamond; Amiee L. Franklin; Tia Sheree Gaynor; Ting Gong; Doug Goodman; Mary E. Guy; Jeremy L. Hall; Megan Hatch; Myung H. Jin; Meagan M. Jordan; Jamie Levine Daniel; Jeannine M. Love; Craig S. Maher; Charles Menifield; Janine O'Flynn; Rosemary O'Leary; Peng Liu; Cristian Pliscoff; Gabriel Puron-Cid; Sara R. Rinfret; Jessica E. Sowa; Edmund C. Stazyk; Kendra Stewart; Ador R. Torneo; Kimberly K. Wiley; Yahong Zhang – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Two essential questions for those leading the field of public administration are: What do we teach our students, and how do we train them? As scholars, we pay significant attention to our research, often to the detriment of recognizing the potential for merging our research with teaching through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Scholarship, College Faculty, Educational Research
Wan-Ling Huang – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
This study aims to propound an instructional design for a service-learning course grounded in public problem analysis and verify its immediate and sustained outcomes through the actual instructional process. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted wherein students who were enrolling in a service-learning course were considered as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Service Learning, Public Administration, Student Projects
Powell, David C. – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
Case study analysis has been used for many years across a variety of disciplines. One of the primary advantages of case study analysis is its ability to illustrate the nexus between theory and practice. This paper explores the use of case study analysis as a culminating experience in a large Master of Public Administration (MPA) program in the…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Case Studies, Masters Programs, Theory Practice Relationship
