PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BLENDED LEARNING 1 Running Head: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BLENDED LEARNING Teaching Public Administration through Blended Learning

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the disconnect between the practice of public administration and the teaching of public administration warrants reform in public administration education. Using Goldsmith and Eggers ’ (2004) list of eleven skills needed by modern public administrators as a foundation, a proposal for designing public administration courses is developed by pairing the integrative thinking model with blended learning training design. At the core of the new public administration course are simulations which are supported by independent study and collaborative class activities. The goal of this new course design it help the student begin their development of the eleven skills. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BLENDED LEARNING 3 Even today, most public administration courses and textbooks still present the traditional model of public administration: the hierarchical, bureaucratic pyramid that uses command-and-control regulations enforced by an army of civil servants to fulfill its designated mission in a slow and formalistic manner (See for example: Rosenbloom an