Nudging Students' Creative Problem-Solving Skills

Autor/in	Griffin, Dana
Titel	Nudging Students' Creative Problem-Solving Skills
Quelle	In: PS: Political Science and Politics, 44 (2011) 2, S.425-427 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-0965
DOI	10.1017/S104909651100028X
Schlagwörter	Social Problems; Teaching Methods; Ethics; Creativity; Problem Solving; Skill Development; Undergraduate Students; Political Science; Political Issues; Assignments; Relevance (Education); Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social problem; Soziales Problem; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ethik; Kreativität; Problemlösen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Politischer Faktor; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Relevance; Relevanz; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	People often make choices that go against their own best interests. In the controversial bestseller "Nudge," Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein argue that people can benefit from simple "nudges" to improve their decision-making. In an upper-level undergraduate course on political decision-making, I created a series of assignments around "Nudge." In the project, students designed their own "nudges" to solve a variety of political and social problems. Students gave this assignment rave reviews, not only for the course content they learned, but also for what they discovered about their connections to society and its problems. In this article, I describe the assignment and report students' evaluations of it. This assignment could be tailored to any course on political behavior, public policy, or public administration. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10