Verbal Social Media Posts Assignment

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the verbal social media post assignment is to get students to reflect on and discuss current social issues in a conversational “town hall” format. The assignment is designed to strengthen students’ sociological perspective and critical thinking skills. I use a verbal social media post assignment for...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems, Urban Sociology, Work and Labor Markets

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

USAGE NOTES

Verbal tweets can be given on designated class days, or time at the end of classes can be used.

Faculty’s role is to intervene if a student (groups’) question needs to be framed differently to generate responses from others. Their other role in the verbal tweets assignment is to moderate...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Understanding of the Diversity of Human Societies. Students will develop an understanding that the social world consists of a range of diverse cultures that vary both across and within groups.
2. Apply Information and Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills. Students will demonstrate the ability to summarize information, evaluate information and its source, and use information to respond critically to sociological questions.
3. Analyze Structural Disadvantage. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the way in which social class, gender, and racial/ethnic groups in the US and globally are socially located in ways that create disadvantages that are built into the social system.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Students give the content of a verbal tweet to the class. Their sociological questions related to the news item ask others to think critically about: structural aspects of the issue, its causes, diverse perspectives, disparate effects, or collective solutions.
2. The sociological questions in the verbal tweet prompt some to many student responses.