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Pelak, Cynthia Fabrizio; Duncan, Stacey – Teaching Sociology, 2017
This article explores the use of a social science-fictional play to teach macro-structural concepts related to global capitalism and surplus labor in a small and large Introduction to Sociology course. Relying on a cross-disciplinary and critical pedagogical approach that combines theory and practice to empower students to develop a critical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Sciences, Fiction, Drama
Messinger, Adam M. – Teaching Sociology, 2015
Few evaluated classroom exercises to date have addressed one of the most cited and compelling explanations of gender formation over the life course: interactionist gender theory. This theory posits that people actively "do" or "perform" their gender in every interaction, and as such, they often subconsciously reshape their…
Descriptors: Sociology, Teaching Methods, Gender Issues, Dating (Social)
Touzard, Giselle – Teaching Sociology, 2009
This article describes an in-class activity that helps undergraduate students to understand the effects of their socio-economic position on the formulation, pursuit, and achievement of goals. Social stratification and inequality have an initial impact on the formulation of goals. Through this exercise students will perceive the effects of having a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Goal Orientation, Barriers, Role Playing
Rohall, David E.; Moran, Catherine L.; Brown, Cliff; Caffrey, Elizabeth – Teaching Sociology, 2004
Teachers have incorporated active-learning techniques into the sociology classroom for many years, but the types of applications and evaluations are quite varied. In this paper, the authors quantitatively test a particular form of active learning that they call "living-data exercises," which instructors can use to introduce sociological research…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Sociology