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Relevant Sources of Sociological Content, Exercises, and Teaching Strategies
Prepared by Caroline Persell
Many of the resources below come from the journal Teaching Sociology.
Abrahamson, Mark.
1994. "Stratification, Mobility, and a Playing Cards Metaphor." Teaching
Sociology 22:183-88.
Adams, David S. 1993. "Technique 58:
Sociological and Individualistic (or Non-sociological) Explanations for Human
Behavior." Pp. 100-101 in Innovative Techniques for Teaching
Sociological Concepts, edited by E. L. Kain and
R. Neas.
Ahlkvist, Jarl. 1999. "Music and Cultural Analysis in the Classroom: Introducing Sociology through Heavy Metal." Teaching Sociology 27: 126-144.
Atkinson, Maxine, Ronald F. Czaja, and Zachary B. Brewster. 2006. "Integrating Sociological Research into
Large Introductory Courses: Learning Content and Increasing Quantitative
Literacy." Teaching Sociology 34:54-64.
Bidwell, Lee D. Millar. 1995. "Helping Students Develop a Sociological Imagination thorugh Innovative Writing Assignments." Teaching Sociology 23: 401-406.
Bordt, Rebecca L. 2005. "Using a
Research Article to Facilitate a Deep Structure Understanding of
Discrimination." Teaching Sociology
33:403-410.
Wills, Jeremiah B., Zachary W. Brewster, and Gregory M Fulkerson.
2005. "The Stratification Puzzle: An Active-Learning Exercise in Hard Work
and Success." Teaching Sociology 33:389-395.
Brezina, Timothy. 1996. "Teaching Inequality: A
Simple Counterfactual Exercise." Teaching Sociology 24:218-24.
Brislen, William and Clayton D. Peoples. 2005. "Using a Hypothetical Distribution of
Grades to Introduce Social Stratification." Teaching
Sociology 33:74-80.
Caldwell, Agnes. 2004. "Critical Thinking in
the Sociology Classroom."
Coghlan, Catherine L. and Denise W.
Huggins. 2004. "'That's
Not Fair!': A Simulation Exercise in Social
Stratification and Structural Inequality." Teaching
Sociology 32:177-187.
Cook, James M. 2005. "Filling
Structural Holes: Social Networks in the Introductory Course." Teaching Sociology 33:170-180.
Facione, P. 1990.
"Critical Thinking: A Statement of Expert Consensus for Purposes of
Educational Assessment and Instruction. The American
Philosophical Association
Fisher, Bradley J. 1992. "Exploring
Ageist Stereotypes through Commercial Motion Pictures." Teaching Sociology 20:280-284.
Grauerholz, Liz and Sharon Bouma-Holtrop. 2003. "Exploring
Critical Sociological Thinking." Teaching Sociology
31:485-496.
Grauerholz, Liz and Greg Gibson. 2006. "Articulation of Goals and Means in
Sociology Courses: What Can We Learn from Syllabi." Teaching
Sociology 34:5-22.
Harrod, Wendy J. 1983. "Social Dilemma: A Teaching Game." Teaching Sociology 10: 266-274.
Hohm, Charles F.
and William S. Johnson. 2001. "Assessing Student Learning in
Sociology."
Jessup, Michael M. 2001. "Sociopoly: Life on the Boardwalk." Teaching Sociology 29: 102-109.
Kain, Edward L. and Robin Neas
(ed.).
1993. Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts (Third
Edition).
Keesler, Venessa A., Baranda J. Fermin, and Barbara Schneider. 2008. "Assessing an Advanced Level Introductory Sociology Course." Teaching Sociology 36:345-358.
Lee, Matthew T., Julia Wrigley,
and Joanna Dreby. 2006. "The Research Article as a Foundation
for Subject-Centered Learning and Teaching Public Sociology: Experiential Exercises
for Thinking Structurally about Child Care Fatalities." Teaching
Sociology 34:173-187.
McKinney, Kathleen. 2007. "The Student Voice: Sociology Majors Tell Us about Learning Sociology." Teaching Sociology 35 (Apr):112-124.
McKinney, Kathleen, Carla B. Howery, Kerry J. Strand, Edward L. Kain,
and Catherine White Berheide. 2004. Liberal
Learning and the Sociology Major Updated: Meeting the Challenge of Teaching
Sociology in the Twenty-First Century. American
Sociological Association,
Myers, Daniel J., Alexander J. Buoye, Janet McDermott, Douglas E. Strickler, and Roger G. Ryman. 2001. "Signals, Symbols, and Vibes: An Exercise in Cross-Cultural Interaction." Teaching Sociology 29: 95-101.
Miller, Margaret A. 1992. "Life
Chances Exercise." Teaching Sociology 27:316-20.
Misra, Joya. 1997. "Teaching Stratification: Stimulating
Interest and Critical Thinking through Research Projects." Teaching
Sociology 25:278-91.
Nichols, Laura, Joshua Berry, and
Demetra Kalogrides. 2004. "Hop on the Bus: Driving Stratification
Concepts Home." Teaching Sociology 32:213-221.
Obach, Brian K. 1999. "Demonstrating
the Social Construction of Race." Teaching
Sociology 27:252-257.
Persell, Caroline Hodges, Kathryn May Pfeiffer, and Ali Syed. 2008. "How Sociological Leaders Teach Some Key Principles." Teaching Sociology 36:108-124.
Persell, Caroline Hodges, Kathryn May Pfeiffer, and
Ali Syed. 2007. "What Should Students Understand after Taking Introduction to Sociology?" Teaching
Sociology 35: 300-314.
Rafalovich, Adam. 2006. "Making Sociology Relevant: The Assignment and Application of Breaching Experiments." Teaching Sociology 34:156-163.
Renzulli, Lina A., et al. 2003. "It's Up in the Air, or is it?" Teaching Sociology 31: 49-59.
Sikora, James and Teodora O. Amoloza (eds.). 2000. Introductory Sociology Resource Manual,
Fifth Edition.
Simpson, Jacqueline and Nancy Fischer. 2000. "The Brownies Exercise: Stratification,
Social Class, Distribution of Wealth." Pp. 204-05 in Introductory Sociology Resource Manual, edited
by J. Sikora and T. O. Amolozo.
Stone, Pamela. 1996. "Ghettoized and
Marginalized: The Coverage of Racial and Ethnic Groups in Introductory
Sociology Texts." Teaching Sociology 28:12-23.
Swidler, Ann. 1986. "Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies." American Sociological Review 51: 273-286.
Takata, Susan R. 1997. "The Chairs Game: Competition versus Cooperation: The Sociological Uses of Musical Chairs." Teaching Sociology 25: 200-206.
Wagenaar, Theodore. 2004a. "Is There a Core in
Sociology? Results
from a Survey." Teaching Sociology
32:1-18.
Wagenaar, Theodore C. 2004b. "Assessing Sociological
Knowledge: A First Try." Teaching Sociology
32:232-238.
Weiss, Gregory L., Janet R. Cosbey, Shelly K. Habel,
Wright, Wynne and Elizabeth
Ransom. 2005.
"Stratification on the Menu: Using Restaurant Menus to Examine Social
Class." Teaching Sociology 33:310-16.