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Community Engagement

Many of us seek to engage our students with our community. This resource collection includes activities that focus on service learning, social justice, and social change. 

Resources

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Dan Lainer-Vos
Linking Theory and Policy: Writing Theoretically Informed Policy Briefs
August 24, 2022
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200, College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

Undergraduate students often struggle to relate to social theory, which they see as abstract and outdated. Hoping to bring social theory to the present, this in-class activity and follow-up assignment challenge students to develop theoretically informed policy...

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Jason Wollschleger
Making It Count: Using Real-World Projects for Course Assignments
February 20, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Previous scholarship has demonstrated the value of high-impact practices of community engagement, inquiry-based pedagogy, and collaborative learning for engagement and learning in sociology courses, especially undergraduate research methods and statistics. This...
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Julie A. Pelton, Alecia Anderson
Social Justice and Social Change
October 2, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Social Change
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
Social Justice and Social Change investigates the economic, political and social constraints on equality present in local, national and global arrangements. Students will gain an empirical and theoretical understanding of the causes, consequences, and possible...
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