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May 31, 2023

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Benjamin Drury, Aimee Zoeller, Carrie Foote
HIV/AIDS and Society: Service Learning Syllabus
January 19, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Over the last 30 years, nearly 60 million people have been infected with HIV and nearly half of them have died from AIDS. Despite breakthrough treatments, affording long-term survival to many, fatalities continue to mount and AIDS remains one of the top causes of...
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Matthew B Flynn
Online Survey Administrated in a Foreign Country
January 19, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This class activity consists of an online survey administered in a foreign country. Students write survey questions using Internet-based survey programs, and the instructor pastes the survey link to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, an online platform for recruiting and...
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David C Lane
Marks of Civilization: A Cultural Examination of Tattooing
January 8, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
From Otzi the Iceman, to ancient Egypt, to Moby Dick, to Ed Hardy shirts for sale at the mall, tattooing is a cultural practice that has been a part of human life for over 5,000 years. Despite the existence of tattooing across cultures and throughout history, and its...
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Veronica E. Medina
Book Review: Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Urban Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Nicholas Greenfield, Emily Haire, Josh Hendrickson
Book Review: Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Melanie L. Duncan
Film Review: Happy Valley
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Children and Youth
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Lisa Stampnitzky
Film Review: Drones in My Backyard
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Carol Wickersham, Charles Westerberg, Karen Jones
Pivot Points: Direct Measures of the Content and Process of Community-based Learning
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Large
Abstract:
This research is an initial investigation into the ways community-based learning increase the cognitive skills central to the exercise of the sociological imagination. In addition to identifying a means to reveal that learning had occurred, we looked for evidence...
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Sadie Pendaz
Film Review: A Dangerous Game
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Political Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Carol J Auster
Blended Learning as a Potentially Winning Combination of Face-toface and Online Learning
January 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Blended learning, in the form of screencasts to be viewed online outside of class, was incorporated into three sections of an introductory sociology course in a liberal arts college setting. The screencasts were used to introduce concepts and theories to provide more...
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