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Experiential Learning in Sociology: Exploring the Role of Settler Colonialism in Museum Education
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Keywords

settler colonialism
sociology of education
white supremacy
race and racism

How to Cite

Lyons, Alyssa. (2024) 2025. “Experiential Learning in Sociology: Exploring the Role of Settler Colonialism in Museum Education”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, January. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/experiential-learning-in-sociology-exploring.

Abstract

Experiential learning helps students apply sociological concepts to the social world (Holtzman & Menning, 2015). This experiential project was developed for an upper-level sociology course exploring global and cross-cultural perspectives on education and society. Using settler colonialism as a theoretical and analytical framework, students conduct...

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Details

Subject Area(s):
Education, Knowledge, Race, Class and Gender, Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Essay
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

  1. •Students will be able to identify museums as sites of public education and expand understanding(s) around what qualifies as a site of learning
    •Students will be able apply settler colonialism as a conceptual framework to understand sites of institutionalized learning included but not limited to museums as sites of public education

Goal Assessment(s):

  1. Submission of project evaluated based on guidelines.

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