Teaching Public Administration with Pop Culture

Peter A Jones author Erin L Borry author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publishing:27th Dec '24

£36.99

This title is due to be published on 27th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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This book offers faculty teaching in public administration and public affairs programs a playbook for using popular culture as a pedagogical tool in the classroom.

Authors Erin L. Borry and Peter A. Jones build a pedagogical framework, detailing the richness and range of media through which pop culture can be accessed, and demonstrate how best to integrate different forms of pop culture to achieve various learning goals. The breadth of content available and practical applicability to the public administration degree offers many opportunities to incorporate pop culture into the curriculum, including in introductory courses on public administration and public service, as well as more advanced budgeting, statistics, ethics, social equity, and open government courses, to name a few. This book offers some examples of pop culture that instructors can readily adapt for use in their own courses, as well as sample assignments and various types of group work, including simulations.

Teaching Public Administration with Pop Culture will be of enormous benefit to instructors of public affairs undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to those teaching in the areas of political science, civics, social studies, and government in higher and K-12 education settings.

“This book is a gem! Borry and Jones provide a comprehensive text for any faculty member looking to innovate their teaching, using popular culture from film and television as an effective educational tool to enhance lessons in the classroom that are proven to be advantageous to student learning outcomes, as well as priming students with the tools and education needed to be effective future leaders.”

Helen H. Yu, Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

“Artifacts of popular culture provide incomparable pedagogical tools for the public affairs classroom. For anyone interested in popular culture’s uses in the classroom, this exceptional work by Borry and Jones is required reading. With this book, instructors are better prepared to make classes more meaningful for students of all generations.”

Sean McCandless, Associate Professor, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

“Erin L. Borry & Peter A. Jones’ book provides practical, evidence-based guidance on how to use pop culture in the college classroom. An invaluable recourse, this book can help any professor use pop culture in a thoughtful way that supports student learning and engagement.”

Seth J. Meyer, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Bridgewater State University, USA

ISBN: 9781032423975

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216 pages