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Discipline-specific teaching and pedagogical development: a missing piece in Canadian political science graduate education

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dc.contributor.authorAuer, Meagan
dc.contributor.authorSammons, Elise
dc.contributor.authorD’Orazio, Dax
dc.contributor.authorJaipaul, Noelle
dc.contributor.authorReist, Rissa
dc.contributor.editorMurphy, Michael P. A
dc.contributor.editorHyder, Misbah
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-20T18:51:01Z
dc.date.available2026-01-20T18:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractNew graduates from Ph.D. programs have historically felt unprepared to enter university classrooms as primary instructors. In recent years, universities have responded with the introduction of optional, interdisciplinary teaching training programs. These programs offer important training opportunities but are not enough to challenge an academic culture that often undervalues teaching. In this chapter, we argue for the value of discipline-specific teaching training by reflecting on our shared experience building Teaching and Pedagogy in Political Science (TaPPS), a graduate student-led working group in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. The group’s broad mission is to cultivate a teaching and learning community among faculty and graduate students in Political Science as a means of responding to the need for discipline-specific training and challenging the systemic undervaluing of university teaching. Through the chapter, we develop a roadmap that others can use to establish a similar initiative.
dc.description.urihttps://macewan.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MACEWAN_INST/1mogj0i/cdi_springer_books_10_1007_978_3_031_70733_9_15
dc.identifier.citationSammons, E., Auer, M., D’Orazio, D., Jaipaul, N., & Reist, R. (2024). Discipline-specific teaching and pedagogical development: A missing piece in Canadian political science graduate education. In M. P. A. Murphy & M. Hyder (Eds.), Teaching political science and international relations for early career instructors (pp. 195–212). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70733-9_15
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70733-9_15
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/4114
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectTeaching and Pedagogy in Political Science (TaPPS)
dc.subjectuniversity teaching
dc.subjectdiscipline-specific training
dc.titleDiscipline-specific teaching and pedagogical development: a missing piece in Canadian political science graduate educationen
dc.typeBook Chapter

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