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Cultivating Orchids: Promoting Democracy in the Classroom
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Bickel, Christopher. 2010. “Cultivating Orchids: Promoting Democracy in the Classroom”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/cultivating-orchids-promoting-democracy-in-the.

Abstract

I argue that we need to rethink how we use
the syllabus, and more generally, how we teach the course material. I will share an
account of how I teach Critical Ethnography, describing what I do in the classroom, and
the philosophical underpinnings of my approach. The road to creating student-centered
classrooms, however, is always a rough...

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Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level

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