Teaching Students to Write for “Real Life”: Policy Paper Writing in the Classroom
Teaching Students to Write for “Real Life”: Policy Paper Writing in the Classroom
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教学生为“现实生活”写作：课堂上的政策文件写作
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10.1017/s1049096512001333
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2013
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B. Trueb
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摘要在大学期间，政治学学生往往只学习学术写作。然而，并不是所有的学生都会来学术界工作，他们也不想。当进入就业市场时，他们往往不具备潜在雇主所要求的写作技能，不得不“在飞行中”学习。在课堂上模拟合作的政策制定过程，不仅让学生有机会获得这些技能，而且还帮助他们在课堂上教授的理论和“现实生活中”的政策制定过程之间建立重要的联系。本文以政策论文写作模拟为例，说明了如何从外交政策制定领域提出政策写作挑战，使学生掌握政策制定的理论、实际应用和政策写作的实践技能。
Abstract During their time at university, political science students frequently only learn to write for the academic setting. However, not all students will come to work in academia, nor do they want to. When entering the job market, they often do not have the writing skills that are demanded by potential employers and have to learn them “on the fly.” Simulating cooperative policy-writing processes in the classroom not only gives students the opportunity to acquire these skills, but also helps them make important connections between the theory taught in the classroom and the “real-life” policy-making process. Using the practical example of a policy paper-writing simulation, this article illustrates how posing a policy-writing challenge from the field of foreign policy making can equip students with a grasp on theories of policy making, their practical application, and policy writing as a practical skill.