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Direct linkHunt, Andrea N.; Mair, Christine A.; Atkinson, Maxine P. – Teaching Sociology, 2012
Despite the prominence of teaching in academia, we know little about how graduate students learn to teach. We propose the concept of a teaching community network (TCN), an informal social network that facilitates the exchange of teaching-specific resources. We explore the role of TCNs through a case study of a sociology doctoral program at a large…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Sociology, Learning Processes
Atkinson, Maxine P.; Buck, Alison R.; Hunt, Andrea N. – Teaching Sociology, 2009
"Teaching Sociology's" emphasis on the scholarship of teaching and learning has moved the field well beyond simple description of teaching methods. There is no doubt that the journal is more scholarly than in the past. Still, we do not take advantage of our rich theoretical disciplinary work. There is much to learn sociologically about the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Interaction, Teaching Methods, Educational Theories
Atkinson, Maxine P.; Hunt, Andrea N. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
This paper is based on a workshop of the same name presented at the 2007 American Sociological Association meetings. The purpose of the workshop and this article is to focus attention on teaching methods that require students to actively investigate sociological phenomena. During the workshop, participants practiced constructing inquiry-guided…
Descriptors: Sociology, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Learning Activities
Atkinson, Maxine P.; Wills, Jeremiah B.; McClure, Amy I. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
The debate defining thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking is expansive. Geersteen (2003) provides an excellent review of this literature and suggests that one way to distinguish between lower- and higher-level thinking is based on the level of abstraction. In this article, the authors focus on analysis and synthesis or…
Descriptors: Evidence, Tables (Data), Heuristics, Data Analysis
Wills, Jeremiah B.; Atkinson, Maxine P. – Teaching Sociology, 2007
The American Institutes for Research (2006) recently reported that 20% of U.S. students graduating from four-year colleges and universities and 30% of those completing two-year degrees have quantitative literacy skills at only a basic level. Sociologists are currently working on a variety of approaches to incorporate quantitative literacy into…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Data Analysis, Research Skills, Sociology
Atkinson, Maxine P.; Czaja, Ronald F.; Brewster, Zachary B. – Teaching Sociology, 2006
Sociologists can make meaningful contributions to quantitative literacy by teaching sociological research skills in sociology classes, including introductory courses. We report on the effectiveness of requiring a research module in a large introductory class. The module is designed to teach both basic research skills and to increase awareness of…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Research Methodology, Numeracy, Sociology
