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Direct linkMeril 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
Stefan A. Perun – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
This paper reported the findings from 18 qualitative interviews of students across two sections of an elective, standalone ethics course in a Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) accredited Master's of Public Administration (MPA) program at a northeast university. The findings suggested that a survey of…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Xolile C. Thani; Jacobus S. Wessels; Retha G. Visagie – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
This study aims to explore the role of a doctoral supervisor in doctoral candidates' state of methodological preparedness within a specific disciplinary and institutional context. The number of doctoral graduates per million is commonly used as an indicator of progress to high-level competence and growth, and has become a global policy priority.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Faculty Advisers, Academic Advising
Karkin, Naci; Gurses, Fatih – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
The public sector gets through a big transformation in many dimensions lately. The volume and extent of this transformation influence institutionalization, organization, and execution of the public sector as a whole, irrespective of either a developed or a developing country case is at stake. There is a growing inclination to capture and direct…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation
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
Gerblinger, Christiane – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2023
Background: Seeing how governments formulate decisions on our behalf is a crucial component of their ability to claim democratic legitimacy. This includes being seen to draw on the knowledge and evidence produced by their civil service policy advisers. Yet much of the advice provided to governments is being increasingly withdrawn from public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Policy Formation, Decision Making
White, Allison C. – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
Public administration educators in the United States have renewed their interest in incorporating an international perspective into their teaching. Why is this perspective important for students and how can educators integrate it meaningfully? In this article, I provide an argument for the internationalization of public administration curricula,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Public Administration Education, Educational Principles, Integrated Curriculum
Fred Awaah; Peter Akinsola Okebukola; Juma Shabani; Solomon Yeboah; Olasunkanmi Adio Gbeleyi; Heloo Sefiamor Emmanuella – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
Student difficulty in public administration has witnessed some writings within the African context. Although these studies are emerging, there seems to be minimal research on the influence of school libraries on students' understanding of public administration. This gap in the public administration literature precludes educational managers from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Public Administration Education, School Libraries
Elliott, Ian C.; Robson, Ian; Dudau, Adina – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
Public administration as a field of work and study offers a theoretically rich yet practical tool to enact student engagement and the ideal of students-as-partners: the principles of service co-creation. Public administration, as an interdisciplinary and applied field, promoting and reflecting democratic principles, is a good source of tools for…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Curriculum Design, Public Administration Education, Cooperation
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
Carroll, John J. – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
A purpose of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is to translate theory into practical concepts to prepare leaders of the public and nonprofit sectors. The practice continues to employ entrepreneurial activities throughout the world. The academy has researched, written, and published extensively about entrepreneurship to build…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, Entrepreneurship
Barbana, Samir; Dumay, Xavier; Dupriez, Vincent – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article presents the discussion and the conclusion of an "EERJ" Special Issue on accountability policy forms in four European educational systems aimed at identifying how global schemes and instruments of accountability are integrated into national governance patterns. The comparative discussion indicates that accountability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Policy, Public Policy
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
Staci M. Zavattaro; Clayton Schuneman; Sharon H. Mastracci – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Aspects of public service often involve tasks sometimes considered taboo, including working with grit, grime, blood, guts, grease, and stigmatized populations. Yet scholarship in our field directly incorporating dirty work remains limited yet growing. Importantly, if MPA students are not trained in how to work with and manage public sector…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Theory Practice Relationship
Alexis R. Kennedy – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Despite Minnowbrook's call in 1968, social equity has been slow to be incorporated into public administration scholarship, teaching, and practice. However, recently, more organizations have promoted a social equity lens in their missions, strategic plans, budgets, hiring decisions, programs, and policies. As a pillar of public administration, this…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Social Justice, Position Papers, Advocacy
