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Developing a Sociological Imagination by Doing Sociology: A Methods-Based Service-Learning Course on Women and Immigration
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Huisman, Kimberly – Teaching Sociology, 2010
The author addresses the development and implementation of a service-learning project for an undergraduate course in which students interview immigrant women, incorporate the interviewees' experiences into an analytical paper, and present the findings at the end of the semester. Students are required to use C. Wright Mills's concepts of history…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Sociology, Service Learning, Student Research
The Classroom as a Negotiated Social Setting: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Faculty Members' Behavior on Students' Participation.
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Auster, Carol J.; MacRone, Mindy – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Asserts that the relationship between students and faculty is the result of responses to a negotiated social setting. Reports on a study of 132 college students on factors that might affect class participation. Offers four recommendations for faculty to encourage student participation and responses to questions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Females, Higher Education
Helping Students Develop a Sociological Imagination through Innovative Writing.
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Bidwell, Lee D. Millar – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Summarizes a class project that attempts to make students more aware of the pervasiveness of women's images in culture and how gender norms shape women's status in society. Class consists of innovative writing assignments, discussions, informal presentations, and collection of cultural artifacts. Includes descriptions of these activities and…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Critical Thinking, Cultural Images, Educational Objectives