Active Learning Strategies to Combat Misinformation among Undergraduates

Session Submission Type: Featured Paper Panel: 30-minute Paper Presentations

Session Description

Ahmed notes the desire of undergraduate students to have an impact on policymaking, but assesses the impact of students often lacking the skills to do so. Her study focuses on a public policy course that builds grassroots political skills into the course design. Epstein and Kaufman draw on the conference theme to look at how digital tools can equip students to engage and participate in democratic processes in information-literate ways. Arudou Beamer shares strategies to include media literacy and critical thinking instruction in introductory political science courses.

Sub Unit

• Division 10: Political Science Education

Individual Presentations

• Political Digital Literacy: What It Is and How We Can Teach It - Ben Epstein, DePaul University; Delaney Kaufman, DePaul University

Chair

• Liz Norell University of Mississippi

Discussants

• Patrick McGovern Buffalo State University

• Abigail Dym Providence College