Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: The ProblemAlthough events in the last few years in Moscow, Baghdad, Berlin, Beijing, and Panama City have clearly demonstrated to me the importance of world politics, I sometimes have been frustrated that my students did not always feel the same.Thus, like the surfer searching for the perfect wave, I embarked on a journey to seek a better way of teaching courses in international politics.Many others had ventured before me (Walcott 1980).I didn't really know exactly what I was looking for, but I was nevertheless undaunted.I'd recognize my destination once I got there!The Odyssey Enter serendipity.My colleague, Joseph L. Belanger, professor of French, had visited a school noted for excellence in global studies.He was thus introduced to International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS), administered by the department of government and politics at the University of Maryland.'My French-speaking colleague was so impressed that upon his return he implored me to help establish the program at our institution, Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.With perhaps a bit of reluctance, I agreed, and we both traveled to College Park, Maryland, for a three-day ICONS Workshop.When I drove home, I was tired, but I too was impressed.The workshop was well constructed.We met most of the members of the ICONS team including the originators, Jonathan Wilkenfeld (political science) and Richard D
Source: PS Political Science & Politics
Author: Vernon J. Vavrina
Institution: Marist University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1999660363