Overview
- Makes the case that insufficient attention has been given to pedagogy in the field of political science
- Makes the case that the future of the discipline of political science is connected to the politics of pedagogy
- Makes the case that the quality of democratic life depends on critical, radical and utopian forms of pedagogy
Part of the book series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice (CPTRP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- political science pedagogy
- Socratic method
- reflective pedagogy
- social transformation
- Aronowitz
- Stephen Gilbert Brown
- Giroux
- bell hooks
- Andrea Dworkin
- radical pedagogy
- utopian pedagogy
- critical pedagogy
- Paulo Freire
- Leo Strauss
- Frantz Fanon
- Rancière
- e-learning
- Prison pedagogy
- democratic citizenship
- resistance
About this book
The field of political science has not given sufficient attention to pedagogy. This book outlines why this is a problem and promotes a more reflective and self-critical form of political science pedagogy. To this end, the author examines innovative work on radical pedagogy such as critical race theory and feminist theory as well as more traditional perspectives on political science pedagogy. Bridging the divide between this research and scholarship on both teaching and learning opens the prospect of a critical, radical and utopian form of political science pedagogy. With chapters on Socrates, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire, Leo Strauss, Sheldon S. Wolin, e-learning, and a prison field trip, this book outlines a new path for political science pedagogy.
Reviews
“William Sokoloff’s Political Science Pedagogy: A Critical, Radical and Utopian Perspective, while grounded in a critical assessment of teaching methods for political theory, constitutes an exciting intervention into wider discussions of classroom practices relevant for both political science and the social sciences in general. … This book represents an important corrective to the many democratic deficiencies within contemporary political science pedagogy, and should receive a wide audience.” (Jason Kosnoski, New Political Science, December 6, 2022)
“In the world of global pandemic, instructors are doing a lot of thinking and talking about our pedagogy. William W. Sokoloff’s book challenges us to think and talk about why we became teachers inthe first place, and what we are hoping to accomplish by teaching. Sokoloff believes that political science educators have lost sight of what our mission should be, and his book is an attempt to help us recover that mission.” (Edward W. Clayton, Journal of Political Science Education, September 11, 2020)
“Sokoloff’s intensity is a virtue as it serves to emphasize the importance of his subject matter, but it also proves a significant barrier to drawing in new allies who would benefit from considering his conclusions.” (Steven Orr, Contemporary Political Theory, May 28, 2020)
“In a provocative shot across the bow of mainstream political science, William Sokoloff challenges students of politics to take seriously the role of pedagogy in engendering democratic citizenship and radical transformation. Drawing upon his experiences in a variety of educational contexts and his reading of important theoretical figures (of particular note, Sheldon Wolin, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Rancière, Frantz Fanon, and Paolo Freire), Sokoloff calls for a commitment to a critical, radical, and utopian pedagogy that both assumes the deeply political nature of the discipline and the enduring need to bring about deeper forms of democracy and justice in our political and social world.” (Bradley J. Macdonald, Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University, USA)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
William W. Sokoloff is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. He is the author of Confrontational Citizenship: Reflections on Hatred, Rage, Revolution and Revolt (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Science Pedagogy
Book Subtitle: A Critical, Radical and Utopian Perspective
Authors: William W. Sokoloff
Series Title: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23831-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23489-8Published: 18 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23831-5Published: 29 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-6580
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6599
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 172
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Teaching and Teacher Education, Philosophy of Education