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CONFERENCES

TEACHING & LEARNING CONFERENCE

For 14 years, APSA has offered the Teaching & Learning Conference, which provides an interactive forum to discuss the
latest in the scholarship of teaching and learning and pedagogy. Participants include faculty, administrators, students,
scholars, and more, who come together to share their latest research in political science education, collaborate on
curriculum and innovative teaching methods, participate in highly-interactive workshops, and network with their peers.

2017 APSA Teaching & Learning Conference Statistics
The 2017 Teaching & Learning Conference took place in Long Beach, California, from Friday, February 10, through
Sunday, February 12. More than 260 attendees gathered together to address the topic of “The 21st Century Classroom:
Creating an Engaging Environment for All Students.” The conference programming consisted of seven tracks and various
workshops.

Number of Registered Attendees 264
Percent of International Attendees 6.7%
Number of Track Sessions 35
Number of Workshops 15
Number of Exhibit Tabletops 9
Number of Exhibiting Companies 8

Future APSA Teaching & Learning Conferences
The 2018 Teaching & Learning Conference will take place from February 2 through February 4 in Baltimore, MD. The
theme is “Teaching Politics as a Public Good: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the Classroom.”

After the 2018 conference, the event will become a biennial event. During the years in which the conference is not
taking place, extended teaching and learning programming will be added to the Annual Meeting.

Format & Track Themes at the Teaching & Learning Conference
There are three presentation formats options for the 2018 Teaching and Learning Conference: tracks, panels, and
workshops. All papers are presented in a collaborative environment, with materials shared in advance and participants
serving as discussants for each other’s work. Workshops provide participants with hands-on experience in the use of
practical instructional methods that they can take with them to their home institutions. See below track themes for the
2018 TLC.

• Civic Engagement Education: Foundations • Liberal Arts
• Civic Engagement Education: Across Disciplines, • Simulations and Games

Campus, and Communities
• Disciplinary Curriculum and Assessment • Teaching Research, Writing, and Information Literacy
The Virtual and Technologically Enhanced Classroom
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