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APPAM Teaching Workshop
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Teaching in Today's Classroom
Policy Analysis, Statistics, and Technology in
Cross-National Settings
Dupont Ballroom | Washington Marriott Hotel | 1221 22nd Street, NW | Washington, DC 20037
The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), in association with the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, will hold a one-day (noon to 6 p.m.) workshop on teaching methods on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. This is the day before the beginning of APPAM's Fall Meeting, which will be held in Washington, D.C., from November 3–5.
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Welcome Douglas Besharov, Professor, School of Public Policy University of Maryland Jeff Straussman, Visiting Professor & Faculty Director, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Co-Chairs |
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12:10 p.m. |
Keynote - "The Globalization of
Public Policy Education." Sandy Archibald, APPAM president-elect, Dean and Professor of Public Affairs, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington |
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12:30 p.m. |
Session 1 - "Teaching policy analysis" Moderated by Eugene Bardach, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy,
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California
Teaching Public Policy Lawrence Mead, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Department of Politics New York
University Abstract | Paper | Presentation
Teaching Policy Analysis through Case
Method and Client-based Projects at the Milano School of International Affairs,
Management and Urban Policy Rachel Meltzer, Assistant
Professor, The Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban
Policy, New School University Abstract | Paper | Presentation
Learning Design, the Missing Piece of the
MPP Curriculum Michael O'Hare, Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School
of Public Policy, University of California Abstract | Paper | Student Project 1| Student Project 2 | Presentation
Teaching Policy
Analysis in Cross-National Settings: A Systems Approach Claudia Scott, Professor
of Public Policy, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington and
The Australia and New Zealand School of Government |
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2:00 p.m. |
Session 2 - "Using technology in and out of the
classroom" Moderated by Kenneth Apfel, Professor
of the Practice, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Curricula 3D Visualisation:
A Tool of Education Quality Assessment in Public Administration School Alexei Barabashev and Sergey Efremov, School of Public Administration, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow,
Russia
Using Weebly to
Teach Policy Analysis in Today's Classroom Fayetta Martin, MSW, DL and Richard Smith, MSW, PhD,
Wayne State University Abstract | Paper | Presentation
Wikipedia: Engaging Public Policy Students in Improving Internet Content Donna Infeld,
Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University
Teaching Policy Modeling with Simulation
Software I. David Wheat, Associate Professor of
System Dynamics, University of Bergen, Norway |
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3:15 p.m. |
Break |
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3:30 p.m. | Session 3 - "Teaching microeconomics and statistics" Moderated by Rebecca Maynard, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Evaluation
and Regional Assistance, U.S. Department of Education Institute
of Education Sciences
Statistical Software for Students: Academic Practices & Employer
Expectations William Adams and Donna Infeld, Professors of Public Policy and Public
Administration, Trachtenberg
School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George
Washington University Abstract | Paper | Presentation
Teaching Foundation Courses in Statistics
and Microeconomics to MPA students at Cornell Nancy Brooks, Visiting
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, Cornell Institute for Public
Affairs, Cornell University Abstract | Paper | Syllabus | Sample Assignment 1 | Sample Assignment 2 | Presentation
Research Methods for Public Policy and
Management: In-class Exercises and
Other Forms of Active Learning Dahlia Remler, Professor, Baruch College, City University of New
York Abstract | Paper | Presentation
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4:30 p.m. | Session 4 - "Teaching in cross-national classrooms" Moderated by Jeff Straussman, Visiting Professor & Faculty Director, Lee
Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore An Alternative Opening for a Class on
Policy Analysis Sachin Badkas, PhD Fellow, United Nations University, Maastricht
Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
Lessons from Teaching as a Fulbright
Scholar in China Donna Infeld, Professor of Public Policy and Public
Administration Trachtenberg
School of Public Policy and Public Administration,
George Washington University Abstract | Paper | Presentation
Hebrew University's Intensive Policy
Analysis Workshops Jennifer Oser, Research Fellow, Multidisciplinary
Program on Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard University; Visiting
Scholar Annenberg School for Communications, University of Pennsylvania; PhD
Candidate, Federmann School of
Public Policy & Government, Hebrew University
Comparatively Speaking: It's hard to
teach Americans about other governance systems, but it can be done Allen Schick, Professor, School of Public Policy, University
of Maryland |
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6:00 p.m. |
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Registration: Members $35, Non-members $50. Online registration ended October 19, if you wish to register for the workshop, please contact Teyanna Munyan.
Lunch will not be provided, but beverages will be available
throughout the day. A full agenda will be posted on the APPAM and UMD websites
as soon as it is available. For further information, contact Teyanna Munyan, Office of
Professor Douglas J. Besharov, University of Maryland
School of Public Policy, at tmunyan@umd.edu or (301)405-4767, or Doug Besharov at besharov@umd.edu.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Teaching Large Classes in Policy Schools
Ensuring Student Preparation, Encouraging
Collaboration, and Improving Learning
The Westin Georgetown Hotel | 2350 M Street N.W. | Washington, DC 20037
In recent years, as cost pressures have mounted in policy
schools, greater attention has been focused on optimal class size. This session
will describe various approaches to teaching large classes, with special
attention to the use of technology, student teams and collaborative earning,
and alternate means of insuring student preparation.
(Find more information about the APPAM conference here.)
Chaired by Douglas Besharov, Professor,
School of Public Policy University of Maryland
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1:45 - 3:15p.m. |
A Method – Team Based Learning – to
Teach Non-economists Economics-based Policy Analysis Shawn Bushway, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
and Public Administration and Policy, School of Criminal Justice and Rockefeller
College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY University at Albany Abstract | Paper | Presentation The Role of Faculty, Student Groups,
Teaching Assistants, and the Web in Teaching Large Management Classes Steven Cohen, Professor in the Practice of Public
Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and
Executive Director, The Earth Institute and Alison Miller, Senior
Program Manager, Office of Academic and Research Programs, The Earth Institute, Columbia
University Abstract | Paper | Presentation "How
Do I Effectively Cover So Much?" Teaching Large Introductory Courses in
Cross-National Policy Analysis Daniel Preston, Visiting Lecturer, School of Public & Environmental Affairs,
Indiana University Abstract | Paper | Presentation Ross Rubenstein, discussant. Associate Dean and Chair, Department of Public Administration
and International Affairs, Syracuse University |
For further information, contact Teyanna Munyan, Office of
Professor Douglas J. Besharov, University of Maryland
School of Public Policy, at tmunyan@umd.edu or (301)405-4767, or Doug Besharov at besharov@umd.edu.