Teaching Political Science in Europe

This article first reviews the history of political science teaching in Europe before going on to consider a range of recent developments in the teaching of political science, including cross-national joint programmers; technologically enhanced learning; placement learning and prob-lem-based learning. The last section considers a range of issues facing political science teachers, including financial pressures; EU and national government policies; Bologna and quality assur-ance. The article concludes by suggesting that particular attention needs to be paid to what is taught at masters and doctoral levels