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May 31, 2023

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Liz Grauerholz
SOC610 - SEMINAR ON TEACHING SOCIOLOGY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This seminar is designed to help novice college teachers of sociology and political science develop their instructional competence. The seminar itself has three primary goals. (1) To raise questions that might not otherwise come to mind and seek answers from...
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Frédéric F. Brunel
MK914 Seminar in Consumer Behavior
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Understanding consumers is a critical determinant of success in most enterprises and, as such, is central to almost all of the activities and functions within an organization. MK914 is designed to familiarize students with the major theoretical streams of research...
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Nelda K. Pearson
Soc 495 Community Activism
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This class is designed to explore our leadership styles and skills, to acquire additional leadership skills, and to generate new ways of working in groups. In this sense, this is an advanced class. In other words, it is not so much that the concepts we will be...
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David O. O. Friedrichs
GETTING PERSONAL:THE REFLEXIVE DIMENSION IN HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
How should we teach? Most of us are professionally socialized to believe that as teachers our principal responsibility is to present and convey the substance of the subject we are teaching, and to inspire in our students an active engagement with that subject. For...
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James W. Michaels
Paper Options
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Advanced Graduate
Abstract:
You are to submit a short (5 pages) paper in which you apply course material (e.g., perspectives, theories, concepts, ideas, research findings) to analyze and comment on some aspect of education.
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Ralph LaRossa
QUALITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIOLOGY [Revised)
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Qualitative Methodology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to qualitative sociological research. Attention will be given to theoretical foundations, analytical logic, ethical dilemmas, data collection options, interpretive strategies, and the joys and sorrows of writing and...
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Lauren Langman
URLs Related to Consumer Research
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Website
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
URLs for useful websites and essays on teaching the sociology of consumption provide a resource for those delving into this area.
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Erin K. Anderson
Sociology of the Body
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
As the vessels in which we live our social lives, bodies can significantly influence our opportunities, abilities, restrictions, and impressions. Bodies are a source of power, repression, and subjugation; a medium for expression; and an entity to be controlled....
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Kathryn Gold Hadley
Technique 15: Cultural Perspectives, Norms
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes: To encourage students to describe socially constructed norms which are often taken for granted and left unexamined; to stimulate discussion about cultural perspectives and norms that contrast with students’ own taken for...
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Theodore Wagenaar
Group Assignment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Abstract:
Your assignment is to select a topic in education of some sociological relevance and write a group paper about it. You are required to do three hours of observations, with three different teachers.
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