University Of Delaware: How I Teach — American Politics

Press release from the University of Delaware:

Article by Ann Manser

August 20, 2021

Prof. Kassra Oskooii engages students to think meaningfully about democracy

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, UDaily speaks with University of Delaware professors who teach courses commonly taken by students during their first year on campus. In this story, Associate Professor Kassra Oskooii explains how he teaches Introduction to American Politics. 

If there’s one word that might sum up Kassra Oskooii’s Introduction to American Politics class at the University of Delaware, it’s “variety.”

There are large class meetings with 100-plus students in the room, small discussion sections, visual aids, a lecture style that follows an informative but entertaining script, occasional jokes, frequent debates of serious and controversial issues, small- and large-group activities, and a textbook with online quizzes that are offered in a game format.

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