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My aims in my undergraduate research methods course are to build students’ basic research skills, train them how to think like social scientists, and introduce them to a range of political science methods with a focus on qualitative methods. A research proposal serves as the anchoring assignment in the course and the culmination of these skills. The proposal requires students to develop a research question, write a literature review, and generate a research design using one of the methods we cover in the course. In this chapter, I explain how I designed my course, reflect on my methods pedagogy, and offer three takeaways for those embarking on teaching methods.
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Hejny, J. (2021). Building Qualitative Methods Skills Through Research Design. In: Mallinson, D.J., Marin Hellwege, J., Loepp, E.D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogy. Political Pedagogies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76955-0_10
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