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May 31, 2023

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Sandi L. Nenga
Articles from Teaching Sociology that describe some Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Abstract:
An excellent resource for ideas on how to teach a wide range of sociological concepts using innovative techniques (particularly those involving active learning approaches) is the journal Teaching Sociology. This section lists articles published in the last decade...
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Gary Orfield
Brown v. Board Of Education and American Schools:Educational Impacts of Segregation, Desegregation, Integration, Resegregation
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
The prevailing pattern of American schooling has been one of deep separation of students by race and class, either through exclusion of some groups from school or through education in separate schools. Though the first 165 years under the constitution, the exclusion...
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Meredith McGuire
Sociology of Religion
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Abstract:
Current events illustrate the importance of understanding religion and its role in contemporary societies. What are we to make of the rise of violent religious movements willing to engage in terrorism to promote their religious and political ends? How can we...
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Kathleen R. Gilbert
Death Education on the "Net": Development and Delivery of "Grief in a Family Context"
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Courses like the one I will describe here take advantage of computer technology and networking to provide students with a meaningful educational experience that extend their learning beyond that which they would gain from a traditional on-campus, "corporeal" course....
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Diane L. Pike
Assignments: UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING THE DISCIPLINE OF SOCIOLOGY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Imagine that you are at your graduation party and Uncle Fred comes up, slaps you on the shoulder and says, "So, I hear you majored in sociology…What’s up with that?" You should be prepared to say, "Sit right down here, Uncle Fred...let me tell you all about sociology...
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Peter Meiksins
Soc 201 – Race, Class and Gender - Data Analysis Assignment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The goal of this project was to incorporate data analysis principles into the curriculum at the department level, thereby ensuring a pedagogy of hands-on research and analysis training throughout the course sequence for sociology majors nation-wide. Stressing the...
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Jeffrey S. Victor
A Community Study of AIDS Attitudes in a Small Town:
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
On October 27, 1997, public health officials and police announced that many teenage girls in the small town of Jamestown, New York, had been infected with HIV by one young man, named Nushawn Williams. Suddenly, a great deal of publicity was focused on "the AIDS...
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Lutz Kaelber
Textbook Reviews
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Reviews of texbooks on Sociology of Relgion and bibliography.
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Gerry R. Cox
SOC 422: Death, Grief, and Bereavement
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This is an upper division sociology course which serves as an introduction to the discipline of sociology as applied to the social processes of death and dying. There are no prerequisites. Course objectives: This course will attempt to provide a more scholarly...
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Kendal L. Broad
"LESBIAN" AND "GAY" STUDIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Lesbian and Gay Studies will explore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) experiences and ideas from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The class will examine the "evolution" of LGBTQ Studies as a growing area of study, contrasting it with...
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