An Applied Learning Experience Field Research and Reporting at the 2012 National Party Conventions

Autor/inn/en	Carlson, Carolyn S.; Azriel, Joshua N.; DeWit, Jeff; Swint, Kerwin
Titel	An Applied Learning Experience Field Research and Reporting at the 2012 National Party Conventions
Quelle	In: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 8 (2014) 2, Artikel 14 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-4744
Schlagwörter	Learning Experience; Experiential Learning; Undergraduate Students; Conferences (Gatherings); Political Issues; Political Affiliation; Political Campaigns; Field Studies; Community Surveys; News Reporting; Observation; Student Surveys; Student Satisfaction; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Barriers; Florida (Tampa); North Carolina (Charlotte) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernerfahrung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Politischer Faktor; Politisches Interesse; Praxisforschung; News report; Reportage; Beobachtung; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Scholarship in teaching and learning demonstrates how academic understanding may be best achieved, and values of civic engagement best inculcated, when class materials are delivered within a experiential context. The goal for instructors, therefore, is to develop pedagogic techniques and teaching platforms that enhance learning by doing by directly engaging students with educational content. Courses that focus on American political processes provide especially fruitful opportunities for such applied learning experiences. In this paper, we discuss and assess experiential learning as facilitated in a pair of undergraduate courses taught at a southern state university that focused on the study of American politics at national party conventions. As a primary requirement in "Political Party Conventions Field Study" and "Reporting at the Party Conventions," political science and communication students, and four supervising faculty, traveled to the 2012 Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention where they produced political research using field observation and survey methodologies and professional-style news reporting. Survey data collected before and after the convention indicate that students engaged in such experiential learning projects develop a more substantive understanding of the subject matter under study, enhanced motivation for learning, and greater feelings of academic achievement and citizenship. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01