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Technique 52: Controversial Issues in Institutions (Family, Education, Religion, Politics); Power and Decision Making; Group Processes; Roles in Groups; Urban Issues
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Ballantine, Jeanne. 2010. “Technique 52: Controversial Issues in Institutions (Family, Education, Religion, Politics); Power and Decision Making; Group Processes; Roles in Groups; Urban Issues”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/technique-52-controversial-issues-in-institutions.

Abstract

Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:
To involve students in simulated roles of community members as they interact on a controversial issue. Students learn the nature of decision making, roles in groups, and group processes while discussing controversial issues such as inequality and white privilege; marriage laws and gay marriage; sex...

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Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200

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