The Book Costs How Much??? Textbook Cost & OER Awareness in Political Science | Journal of Political Science Education

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Summary:

Shawna M. Brandle (2022) The Book Costs How Much??? Textbook Cost & OER Awareness in Political Science, Journal of Political Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2022.2104164

 

Abstract

Introductory level political science courses are a near-universal experience for undergraduate students in the US. Despite the wide occurrence of introductory courses, and the increasing attention paid to student loan debt, the cost of the teaching materials for introductory courses has largely been ignored in political science. This paper brings together several data sources to show how political science has not been attentive to textbook costs and highlight one possible solution, Open Educational Resources (OER), which has the potential to increase access to political science for all students.

 

Link:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15512169.2022.2104164

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Tags:

oa.new oa.education oa.teaching oa.oer oa.ssh oa.textbooks oa.books oa.familiarity oa.political_science oa.prices oa.usa

Date tagged:

08/09/2022, 07:35

Date published:

08/09/2022, 04:59