2008 Teaching and Learning Conference San Jose, California

The fifth annual APSA Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science was held in San Jose, California from February 22-24, 2008.

Through this special annual meeting APSA continues to promote greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies that can be applied in the political science classroom. This conference provides a forum where scholars and educators share effective and innovative teaching and learning models and discuss broad themes and values affecting political science education.

The Conference addressed crucial questions in higher education, such as enhancing student engagement via civic education, service learning, and assessing learning outcomes; integrating international models and into teaching and learning methods; and strengthening efforts by learned societies such as APSA to support good teaching.  In addition, the Conference reflected APSA's objective of reaching out beyond traditional approaches to higher education, and includes college/university faculty, high school teachers, librarians, publishers, as well as international participants.

• Track Summaries 
  
• Conference Papers 
  

2008 Teaching Conference Program Committee

APSA would like to thank the following individuals for their service on the 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference Program Committee: 

• Helen Boutrous, Mount Saint Mary's College
• Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
• Russell Mayer, Merrimack College
• Cameron G. Thies, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Christopher Van Aller, Winthrop University 
• Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville, Chair

2008 Teaching Conference Moderators

• Tim Meinke, Lynchburg College
• Russell Mayer, Merrimack College
• Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
• Marcus D. Allen, Wheaton College
• Cameron G. Thies, University of Missouri
• Pamela A. Zeiser, University of North Florida
• Christopher Van Aller, Winthrop University
• William R. Wilkerson, SUNY - Oneonta
• Chad Raymond, Elon University
• Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville
• Helen G. Boutrous, Mount St. Mary's University
• Mitchell Brown, Auburn University