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Peer reviewedVan Valey, Thomas L. – Teaching Sociology, 2001
Explains that universal access to education has created a student body more diverse and less academically prepared for college. States that higher education, when viewed as a business, has shifted much of the learning responsibility from the student to the teacher. Offers guidelines for maintaining ethical standards of conduct in sociology…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Accountability, Codes of Ethics, Diversity (Student)
Peer reviewedVan Valey, Thomas L. – Teaching Sociology, 1977
To provide an active, analytical component to undergraduate sociology classes, the author proposes that students analyze a previously collected data set with the computer. This article provides a detailed description of such an approach, including specific suggestions on selecting and preparing the data set, minimizing errors, and debugging.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Peer reviewedVan Valey, Thomas L. – Teaching Sociology, 1976
An innovative course structure which combines a traditional sociology course with a special topic minicourse is described. Possible options for using the structure are discussed. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedVan Valey, Thomas L. – Teaching Sociology, 1975
Over half of all the introductory sociology books on the market today pay relatively little attention to quantitative sociological methods and research design. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Methods, Research Design, Scientific Methodology
Peer reviewedVan Valey, Thomas L.; Tiemann, Kathleen – Teaching Sociology, 1990
Analyzes all U. S. sociology departments listed in the American Sociological Association Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology from 1969 to 1985 with respect to the backgrounds of chairs as well as selected structural characteristics of their departments. Finds that chairs who are male and who hold the rank of full professor continue to be…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Faculty
