Siddharth Mallavarapu discusses non-western International Relations, Indian conceptions of IR, and the pedagogical challenges of teaching IR in the Global South.
Contemporary practices of schooling reflect ethnocentrism as universal truth, reinforcing power relations that resulted from colonial rule by maintaining binaries.
Failing to teach our international relations/politics is a failure to guide students in the process of developing their own value judgments.
Hegemonic pedagogic practices in IR and Politics teaching are at odds with the capacity of our brains to interpret and make sense of the world visually.
If we want students to tolerate difference, educators ought to create a space in which students are free to speak their mind and evaluate the ideas of others.
You cannot merely use diverse citation types to guarantee a grade, you need to see it as tool to help show that you are not merely reproducing knowledge, but transforming it.
Reading for scholarly purposes is not the same as reading for pleasure. You need to adopt an appropriate, and healthy, reading strategy.
Referencing sources is a core skill in academia. It is an important element of scholarly writing, and one that you should master for your own studies.
Discussion roles provide a tremendous learning and critical thinking advantage for entry level online students looking to become comfortable responding in discussion.
Instructors of multi-cultural classrooms must branch out and begin to devote some of their time to understanding their students as a whole.
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