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What Defines a Discipline and How We Teach and Study It? The Changing Scope and Role of the Subject Benchmark Statement for Politics and International Relations (IR) and Its Implications For the Teaching and Study of Politics and IR in Higher Education (2024)
Journal Article
Blair, A., Craig, J., Gann, R., Honeyman, V., Bellaby, R., Kolpinskaya, E., …Parker, J. (2024). What Defines a Discipline and How We Teach and Study It? The Changing Scope and Role of the Subject Benchmark Statement for Politics and International Relations (IR) and Its Implications For the Teaching and Study of Politics and IR in Higher Education. Political Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241297629

The paper asks whether there is a typical Politics and IR curriculum before reviewing the content and design of the revised fifth edition of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Politics and IR Subject Benchmark Statement that was launched in March 202... Read More about What Defines a Discipline and How We Teach and Study It? The Changing Scope and Role of the Subject Benchmark Statement for Politics and International Relations (IR) and Its Implications For the Teaching and Study of Politics and IR in Higher Education.

The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era (2024)
Journal Article
Parker, J. (2024). The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era. Journal of Political Science Education, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2024.2354972

The rise in populism and movements that threaten trust in science and expertise has been labelled a post-truth world. What challenges does this environment present for higher education, and how should it respond? This article examines the character... Read More about The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era.

Selecting texts (2022)
Book Chapter
Parker, J. (2022). Selecting texts. In Political Science and Public Policy 2022 (34-42). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800885288.00013

This chapter reviews the factors instructors need to consider in selecting texts for research methods teaching. It surveys texts from methods courses in masters and doctoral programs in the US and UK to evaluate methods requirements and the most comm... Read More about Selecting texts.

Quantitative methods in the social sciences (2019)
Book Chapter
Parker. (in press). Quantitative methods in the social sciences. In A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice, 5th ed. (5th). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Book chapter.

Undergraduate Research, Learning Gain and Equity: The Impact of Final Year Research Projects (2018)
Journal Article
Parker. (2018). Undergraduate Research, Learning Gain and Equity: The Impact of Final Year Research Projects. Higher Education Pedagogies, 3(1), 145-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2018.1425097

This study evaluates the impact of undergraduate research on student achievement. It analyses graduating students from 2011 to 2016 at a UK university that requires a research project comprising 25% of final-year credits in most subjects, providing a... Read More about Undergraduate Research, Learning Gain and Equity: The Impact of Final Year Research Projects.