Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ443664
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0092-055X
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Trading Places: Teaching with Students in the Center and Professors on the Periphery of the Principles Course.
Atwater, Lynn
Teaching Sociology, v19 n4 p483-88 Oct 1991
Describes a redefined introductory course on the principles of sociology based on seven principles of good teaching. Includes transforming the learner from passive to active, teaching the process of inquiry, and helping students realize why they are learning. Urges a student-centered approach to learning with the instructor as a participant observer. (DK)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Course Objectives, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Nonmajors, Sociology, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Participation, Student Projects, Student Research, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Load, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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