Hoberman's Sphere as a Visual of Social Structure

Abstract

Instructors, the ASA, and other sociological leaders agree that social structure is an essential concept to a sociology curriculum (e.g. ASA 2004; Persell, Pfeiffer, and Syed 2007; Grauerholz and Gibson 2006; Wagenaar 1991) . After examining the pedagogical research, as well as popular introductory textbooks, it is clear that although we espouse its...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Criminology/Delinquency

Resource Type(s):

Lecture

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Students will be introduced to the concept of social structure, practice connecting the concepts of social institutions with social structure, explore the consequences of a malfunctioning social structure within the context of delinquency.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Three-minute writing with the following prompt: define social structure in your own words.