Ep. 54: Researching How to Teach Research with Dr. Carolyn Forestiere

Amy Barnes34min

Dr. Ian Anson

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Hello and welcome to retrieving the social sciences, a production of the Center for Social Science scholarship. I'm your host, Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science here at UMBC.

Dr. Ian Anson

00:17

On today's show, as always, we'll be hearing from UMBC faculty, students, visiting speakers and community partners about the social science research they've been performing in recent times. qualitative, quantitative, applied empirical normative, and retrieving the social sciences, we bring the best of UMBC social science community to you,

Dr. Ian Anson

00:40

as any committed listener to the podcast will already know, research is hard. You know, I spend a lot of time thinking about research. While I'm not podcasting, of course, and one recurring theme in my work is that the path to effective inference in the social sciences requires a lot of patience and a lot of attention to detail.

Dr. Ian Anson

01:00

Social Scientists often straddle the realms of science and public discourse around contemporary affairs in their work. I should know this because I study politics. And so we ought to have a very high standard when it comes to making claims about the social world. That is to say, if we make claims about evidence or interpret contemporary trends of that rigorous methodologies, we run the risk of making a very big mess.

Dr. Ian Anson

01:31

It should come as no surprise then that we're also trying to inculcate the same ideals of rigor, skepticism and careful interpretation among our students. But teaching research can be just as hard if not harder than research itself. So much so that we would do well to research how to teach research using the tools and methods of our disciplines.

Dr. Ian Anson

01:53

That's why I'm so delighted to bring you my recent conversation with Dr. Carolyn Forestier, Professor of Political Science here at UMBC. Dr. Forrest here is an expert on research on the teaching of research methods in political science. Her work on the subject has appeared in journals, like the Journal of Political Science, education, or forest here is also the author of a textbook on research methods, which is currently in its second edition with Oxford University Press. This book showcases a variety of innovative methods for teaching research to undergraduates. And it's especially notable for its strong emphasis on both qualitative as well as quantitative methods. Let's research teaching on teaching research together with Dr. Forrest here, right now.

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