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May 31, 2023

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Christopher Bickel
Cultivating Orchids: Promoting Democracy in the Classroom
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
I argue that we need to rethink how we use the syllabus, and more generally, how we teach the course material. I will share an account of how I teach Critical Ethnography, describing what I do in the classroom, and the philosophical underpinnings of my approach. The...
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Elaine M. McDuff
Senior Seminar in Sociology/Anthropology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
The Senior Seminar in Sociology and Anthropology is designed to provide students in this dual discipline major with an opportunity to explore the similarities and differences between sociological and anthropological questions, learning goals, and research strategies...
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Jose Zapata Calderon
Soc. 145 Restructuring Communities
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Latina/o Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course examines how Latino and multi-racial communities are being transformed through economic restructuring, locally and globally. The issues of community building and participation in the informal economy will be brought to life through a service learning...
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Richard M. Ingersoll
SCHOOLS AS ORGANIZATIONS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Schools are places of learning--but they are also workplaces, teachers are employees and teaching is a job. This course focuses on theory and research concerned with the organizational and occupational side to schools and teaching. It draws from multiple fields...
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Monika L. Ulrich
Sociology of Race In Class Activity Race as a Social Construct
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Purpose - to convince students that race is a social construct.
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DEAN BRAA, Peter Callero
CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND CLASSROOM PRAXIS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
In this paper, we argue for the incorporation of critical pedagogy in the teaching of sociology. The theoretical and emancipatory rationale for critical pedagogy is, first, established with a review of the neomarxist concept of reproduction. In the second half of the...
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Theodore C. Wagenaar
"To Be (Applied) Or Not to Be? That is the Question" & Example Syllabus
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This course serves as a culminating experience for your study in sociology. The introductory course introduced you to the discipline. Most of your subsequent sociology courses examined particular topics within the sociological framework. By now, you probably have...
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Jana L. Jasinski
Data Analysis Module for Criminology: FEAR AND CRIME: DATA ANALYSIS MODULE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The purpose of this module is to introduce students in an online Criminology course to the idea of data analysis using an online analysis program and the General Social Survey. Prior to this module, students will have read several documents describing the...
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Sonja Elizabeth Feist-Price
THE IMPACT OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC ON MINORITIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
My goals in this lecture are fourfold: 1) To introduce students to the latest statistics associated with HIV/AIDS among minorities; 2) To identify epidemological factors specific to minorities; 3) Examine social variables relevant to the AIDS epidemic among...
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Charles M. Brown
Sociology of Cults and New Religious Movements
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to develop a general sociological understanding and perspective with which to evaluate, interpret, and understand new religious movements, also known as "cults." This IS NOT a course in religious...
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