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Direct linkMeyer, 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
Awasthi, Pallavi; Mastracci, Sharon H. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021
Emotion is the "how" of NASPAA competencies related to leading and managing in a culturally-conscious manner. In this article, we describe the role of emotion in public service and we detail the mechanism by which emotion fosters a collective mind-set for effective public service leadership and cultural literacy. We indicate specifically…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, Emotional Intelligence, Public Service, Humanistic Education
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
Irina V. Pogodina; Galina V. Stankevich; Danila A. Avdeev – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2022
Authorities around the world offer various forms (methods) of citizens' participation in public administration. In the context of ongoing digitalization, communication between government and society is virtualized. However, many of the proposed tools aren't in demand by the population. The purpose of this work is to determine the role of…
Descriptors: College Role, Universities, Skill Development, Citizen Participation
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
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
