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Practicing Social Movement Theory in Case Study Groups
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Ormrod, James S. – Teaching Sociology, 2011
This article evaluates the use of a "case study group" method for teaching social movement theory. The aim was to give students the opportunity to practice theorizing actively rather than simply learning theory passively. The method provides this by requiring students to undertake case studies on social movements of their choice for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods