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- Title
Do Canadian university students in Political Science and Public Administration learn to perform critical appraisal?
- Authors
Lapointe, Luc; Ouimet, Mathieu; Charbonneau, Marissa; Beorofei, Émilie T.
- Abstract
The ability to critically appraise empirical studies of any type is a prerequisite to evidence-informed policy making. We scanned the syllabi of all Canadian university undergraduate and graduate programs in public affairs, public administration, public policy and political science. Our findings suggest that evidence-informed policy is not yet institutionalized in most public administration and political science training curricula. We conducted a systematic review of prospective experimental and quasi-experimental studies examining the effect of university courses aimed at training social sciences students in critical appraisal, but did not find such a study.
- Subjects
CANADA; HIGHER education; COLLEGE curriculum; EMPIRICAL research; PUBLIC administration; POLITICAL science education (Higher); UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; UNIVERSITE Laval
- Publication
Canadian Public Administration, 2015, Vol 58, Issue 3, p487
- ISSN
0008-4840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/capa.12124