20 Concepts: A new way to teach an Introductory Course

Abstract

Teaching an Introduction to Sociology course is a challenging proposal. One must shallowly cover a vast amount of information in what is never enough time. At the community college level this is often exacerbated by the level of college-preparedness, study skills, and reading skills of the students. After making the common new instructor mistake of...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

When preparing for an introductory course, I identify the 20 concepts in each chapter that I feel are the most salient.
I provide a list of those 20 concepts for each chapter so that students have access to them and encourage students to test themselves and study using those concepts. While I cover other topics in the chapter, I focus most of my...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Students will be able to identify and explain the 20 most important concepts for each Chapter.
2. Students will be able to identify examples of the concepts in assessments.
3. Students will be able to compare and evaluate concepts in assessments.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Students will be able to correctly answer questions about the concepts in tests and quizzes.
2. Students will be able to explain the concepts in their own words and provide concrete examples of how those concepts operate in the social world in short papers.