Scot M Peterson
Teaching and Learning
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Teaching |
Papers
taught at the University of Oxford Prelims
(First-Year) The Theory and Practice of Democracy ·
Introduction
to Government Institutions (UK, US) ·
Introduction
to Political Theory (Mill, Marx) Final Honour Schools ·
Comparative
Politics ·
British
Government and Politics, 1900-present ·
Government
and Politics of the United States Modules taught at
Reading University (2007–10) PO2AmG: American
Government and Politics PO3UKP: United
Kingdom Politics since 1960 |
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Teaching Methods I rely heavily on
interaction in the classroom and the tutorial. I encourage the use of
internet resources, including Virtual Learning Environments. At the University of
Oxford, I am the first politics tutor to use Weblearn. My Weblearn site is here (although it is not available
from outside Oxford; email me if you would like to see it). I have given
multiple presentations at the Oxford University Computing Centre on my use of
Weblearn, which have received favourable comments. The University of
Reading uses a different system called Blackboard. Feedback From Oxford Students: Scot is an excellent
tutor. He challenges you and encourages you to develop your thoughts without
making you feel inferior. Scot's essay comments
are fantastic. Every time I receive comments about the essay, I feel I learn
so much from them and when I make the changes suggested, I can personally see
how my essay has improved. Fantastic. Hasn't
tutored me since first year but as acting head of politics in Corpus he
arranged a meeting with me at the beginning of term to talk about exams and
revision and ensure everything was ok. Arranged revision classes for us too. From Reading
Students: 2009–10 ‘The most effective
aspects of the module were: Teaching in the seminar. The opinion of everyone
was seen in the class. Never experienced that before.’ 2008–09 ‘Scot was incredibly
helpful and always willing to respond to questions, he helped me understand
some of the more challenging topics.’ ‘Dr Peterson is good
at putting the subject matter in context; he gets us to look at it in a
different and new way.’ |
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