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McKinney, Kathleen; Naseri, Naghme – Teaching Sociology, 2011
In this exploratory scholarship of teaching and learning study, we describe the development, over time, of engagement in the discipline, the ability to use the sociological imagination and other learning, an identity as a sociologist, and a sense of being an autonomous learner in a group of sociology majors. We followed 18 students who completed…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Imagination, Questionnaires, Sociology
Berkowitz, Dana; Manohar, Namita N.; Tinkler, Justine E. – Teaching Sociology, 2010
The authors describe a pedagogical exercise that conveys the multilayered properties of gender to undergraduate students. They propose a simulation that demonstrates the social constructiveness of gender, maintaining that gender should be conceptualized and portrayed as a process, system of stratification, and social structure. The authors begin…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Structure, Sociology, Gender Issues
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
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
Goldsmith, Pat Antonio – Teaching Sociology, 2006
In this paper I present a pedagogical method called Writing Answers to Learn (WAL) which combines Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Exploratory Writing to address the interrelated pedagogical problems of misconceptions, resistance, retention, and transfer. I analyze the use of this combined method in a course on racial and ethnic relations and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Ideology, Misconceptions, Teaching Methods
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
Wills, Jeremiah B.; Brewster, Zachary W.; Fulkerson, Gregory M. – Teaching Sociology, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate an active-learning exercise designed to allow college students the opportunity to experience the consequences of stratification by social class. In particular, this activity challenges the belief that success is primarily an outcome of hard work (i.e., the belief in a meritocracy). Data…
Descriptors: Social Class, Active Learning, Social Stratification, Learning Activities
Livingston, Kathy – Teaching Sociology, 2004
In this paper, the author discusses an exercise she uses requiring students to view a popular film that portrays a particular mental disorder or a character with a mental disorder. Students analyze the film and write two papers, one about the sociological model of mental illness and a second about possible links between media images and the…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Mental Disorders, Films, Sociology
Snowden, Monica – Teaching Sociology, 2004
This paper discusses learning communities as pedagogy for introductory sociology courses, which are often plagued by student apathy. Most importantly, it examines the potential for learning communities to incorporate active and collaborative learning techniques as a vehicle to subvert dominant views of diversity, to see diversity as intersecting…
Descriptors: Student Role, Cooperative Learning, Sociology, Teaching Methods
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