Edward L Kain
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 84522 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Edward L Kain |
| NOMBRES | Edward L |
| APELLIDO | Kain |
| FIRMA | KAIN E L |
| AFILIACIONES | Southwestern University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 186 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Does the Center Hold? Reflections on a Sociological Core
Is there a distinct disciplinary core (or foundation of agreed on knowledge) in sociology? Should we define a core in our broad field to build consensus? If so, what should it look like? We address these questions by presenting three viewpoints that lean for and against identifying a core for department curricula, students, and the public face of sociology. First, “There really is not much, if any, core.” Second, sociology is “a habit of the mind…
The Coordinated Curriculum
Content analysis of 77 college and university catalogs and department websites assesses conformity with select recommendations for the sociology major. The majority of institutions have programs that fulfill some recommendations examined, but the minority fulfills most of the recommendations. Some sociology programs are much more coordinated than others. Fewer than one in three institutions with sociology majors have programs that fully or nearly…
Coleman, Marilyn, Lawrence H. Ganong, and Kelly Warzinik. Family Life in 20 Th Century America
"Coleman, Marilyn, Lawrence H. Ganong, and Kelly Warzinik. FAMILY LIFE IN 20th CENTURY AMERICA." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 39(2), pp. 300–301
Information Literacy
This paper discusses a joint project of the American Library Association and the American Sociological Association. The goal of this collaboration is to guarantee that students of sociology, particularly sociology majors, develop strong information literacy skills during their undergraduate experience. The article talks about national standards for information literacy and how they relate to the sociology major. It presents examples for applying …
Sociology in Two-Year Institutions
In the second half of the twentieth cen tury, both the number of two-year institu tions and the proportion of all college stu dents enrolled in community colleges ex panded rapidly (Kerr 1991). From 1950 through 1975, student enrollment in com munity colleges rose from just over a mil lion students to nearly four million. By the mid-1990s, community colleges employed over a third of this country's faculty (Lucas 1996). The number of four-year ins…
The Sociology Major at Institutions of Higher Education in the United States
In this article I examine how the sociology major is structured at institutions of higher education in the United States. I use content analysis of college catalogs from 100 institutions to examine the sociology major at top institutions among regional and national universities and liberal arts colleges. I first examine the basic structure of sociology programs and then evaluate implementation of the recommendations from Liberal Learning and the …
Bridging the Gap Between Cultures of Teaching and Cultures of Research
The twentieth century saw a series of major changes in higher education that, among other things, led to an increasing tension between teaching and research within the academy. I argue that the contraposition of these two activities is counterproductive to sociology as well as other disciplines. Content analysis of job listings in the American Sociological Association (ASA) Employment Bulletin from three different decades suggests that although t…
The Research Article as an Instrument of Active Learning for Teaching About Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Union Formation Among Low-Income Families
As noted by Goldsmid and Wilson a quarter of a century ago, a “curious gulf” exists between teaching and research in sociology. This article addresses this problem by suggesting ways in which a current research article from the American Sociological Review can be used in courses at three different levels of the undergraduate curriculum. The active learning exercises are linked to explicit student learning outcomes that build upon recommendations …
Greedy Institutions
This article focuses on how the institutional contexts of colleges and universities shape these “greedy institutions.” We look at the current social, political, and economic trends affecting all postsecondary institutions, specifically the forces that encourage “greediness.” We examine the literature on structural arenas that influence teaching in higher education, including type of institution and departmental level characteristics, considering …
Institutional Research as a Context for Teaching Methodological Skills
This paper presents a model for teaching a research methods course by engaging students in institutional research. This highly effective teaching strategy combines collaborative learning with pragmatic experience through a series of didactic assignments focused on institutional research. Students in the research methods class described in this paper analyzed data gathered through an alumni survey and presented their findings to several university…
Building the Sociological Imagination through a Cumulative Curriculum
This paper examines the professional socialization of undergraduate sociology majors with a focus on research training. The first section of the paper argues that strong professional socialization requires a cumulative curriculum that provides students with a solid set of research skills designed to build the sociological imagination. Next, the paper presents data that explore the structuring of research training in the undergraduate major nation…
Curricular Challenges for the Twenty‐first Century
The papers in this collection address a set of important issues facing our discipline. These issues cross national boundaries, and indeed are important far beyond the sociological sphere. My brief comments here will use these papers as a springboard for noting several important curricular challenges and trends for sociology, in particular, and academia, more generally, as we enter the next century
How Societies Change
Internationalizing the Sociology Curriculum
Embattled Paradise
Family and the State of Theory
Evaluating Students' Presentations with the Cops Form
One of the most difficult tasks in teaching sociology is evaluating students' work. This paper describes one method for grading oral assignments: the COPS form (for Content, Organization, Planning, and Style), which allows faculty members and students to analyze oral presentations critically. It can be used in a wide variety of courses, from undergraduate introductory sociology through upper-level graduate seminars, and is a useful tool for helpi…
Teaching Sociology in an International Setting
This paper examines strategies for teaching sociology in an international setting; the city of London is used as an example. The paper focuses on ways in which faculty can integrate the resources of a large city in another culture into their curriculum in programs of study abroad. First we discuss the importance of advance planning, including shaping courses to fit the international setting, anticipatory socialization of students, support for fac…
Heart of the Dragon
The Myth of Family Decline
Training Teaching Assistants
The Unmarried in Later Life
Promises to Keep
Teaching Marriage and the Family
The Aids Movie
Jumping on the Bandwagon With the Underdog
An experimental design was used to examine the effect which previous polling information about candidate preference had upon subsequent polling responses. Subjects were given one of three types of information (Carter commanding a lead, Reagan commanding a lead, no information about current poll results) at two different points in time. This yielded nine information conditions. The data clearly demonstrate that both strength of attitude and candid…
Building the Sociological Imagination through a Cumulative Curriculum
This paper examines the professional socialization of undergraduate sociology majors with a focus on research training. The first section of the paper argues that strong professional socialization requires a cumulative curriculum that provides students with a solid set of research skills designed to build the sociological imagination. Next, the paper presents data that explore the structuring of research training in the undergraduate major nation…
The Sociology Major at Institutions of Higher Education in the United States
In this article I examine how the sociology major is structured at institutions of higher education in the United States. I use content analysis of college catalogs from 100 institutions to examine the sociology major at top institutions among regional and national universities and liberal arts colleges. I first examine the basic structure of sociology programs and then evaluate implementation of the recommendations from Liberal Learning and the …
Does the Center Hold? Reflections on a Sociological Core
Is there a distinct disciplinary core (or foundation of agreed on knowledge) in sociology? Should we define a core in our broad field to build consensus? If so, what should it look like? We address these questions by presenting three viewpoints that lean for and against identifying a core for department curricula, students, and the public face of sociology. First, “There really is not much, if any, core.” Second, sociology is “a habit of the mind…
Greedy Institutions
This article focuses on how the institutional contexts of colleges and universities shape these “greedy institutions.” We look at the current social, political, and economic trends affecting all postsecondary institutions, specifically the forces that encourage “greediness.” We examine the literature on structural arenas that influence teaching in higher education, including type of institution and departmental level characteristics, considering …
The Coordinated Curriculum
Content analysis of 77 college and university catalogs and department websites assesses conformity with select recommendations for the sociology major. The majority of institutions have programs that fulfill some recommendations examined, but the minority fulfills most of the recommendations. Some sociology programs are much more coordinated than others. Fewer than one in three institutions with sociology majors have programs that fully or nearly…
The Research Article as an Instrument of Active Learning for Teaching About Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Union Formation Among Low-Income Families
As noted by Goldsmid and Wilson a quarter of a century ago, a “curious gulf” exists between teaching and research in sociology. This article addresses this problem by suggesting ways in which a current research article from the American Sociological Review can be used in courses at three different levels of the undergraduate curriculum. The active learning exercises are linked to explicit student learning outcomes that build upon recommendations …
Bridging the Gap Between Cultures of Teaching and Cultures of Research
The twentieth century saw a series of major changes in higher education that, among other things, led to an increasing tension between teaching and research within the academy. I argue that the contraposition of these two activities is counterproductive to sociology as well as other disciplines. Content analysis of job listings in the American Sociological Association (ASA) Employment Bulletin from three different decades suggests that although t…
Institutional Research as a Context for Teaching Methodological Skills
This paper presents a model for teaching a research methods course by engaging students in institutional research. This highly effective teaching strategy combines collaborative learning with pragmatic experience through a series of didactic assignments focused on institutional research. Students in the research methods class described in this paper analyzed data gathered through an alumni survey and presented their findings to several university…
Sociology in Two-Year Institutions
In the second half of the twentieth cen tury, both the number of two-year institu tions and the proportion of all college stu dents enrolled in community colleges ex panded rapidly (Kerr 1991). From 1950 through 1975, student enrollment in com munity colleges rose from just over a mil lion students to nearly four million. By the mid-1990s, community colleges employed over a third of this country's faculty (Lucas 1996). The number of four-year ins…
A Social History of American Family Sociology, 1865-1940
Teaching Sociology in an International Setting
This paper examines strategies for teaching sociology in an international setting; the city of London is used as an example. The paper focuses on ways in which faculty can integrate the resources of a large city in another culture into their curriculum in programs of study abroad. First we discuss the importance of advance planning, including shaping courses to fit the international setting, anticipatory socialization of students, support for fac…
Using a Research Team and Microcomputers to Teach Basic Sociological Principles
This paper illustrates one way in which a small research team can use microcomputers to learn sociological methods as part of a large introductory sociology course. Data from the research team can be used to teach a number of basic sociological principles to the larger class. In addition to beginning the process of integrating microcomputers into the classroom, this approach provides a strong empirical base for the instruction of sociology, provi…
Information Literacy
This paper discusses a joint project of the American Library Association and the American Sociological Association. The goal of this collaboration is to guarantee that students of sociology, particularly sociology majors, develop strong information literacy skills during their undergraduate experience. The article talks about national standards for information literacy and how they relate to the sociology major. It presents examples for applying …
A Note on the Integration of Aids into the Sociology of Human Sexuality
In recent decades throughout the industrialized world, death has come to be associated largely with old age. Declines in infectious diseases resulting from advances in medical technology and improvements in nutrition and sanitation have led to the virtual elimination of widespread epidemics which affect the mortality rates of infants and young adults (Kain 1987). The emergence of AIDS represents an important challenge to this linkage between deat…
Jumping on the Bandwagon With the Underdog
An experimental design was used to examine the effect which previous polling information about candidate preference had upon subsequent polling responses. Subjects were given one of three types of information (Carter commanding a lead, Reagan commanding a lead, no information about current poll results) at two different points in time. This yielded nine information conditions. The data clearly demonstrate that both strength of attitude and candid…
The World of Black Singles
A Social History of American Family Sociology, 1865-1940
Singles
Most people, on learning that someone is unmarried, assume that it is not by choice. Unmarried women, particularly, are seen as being incompetent or unattractive. Marriage, in an economy dominated by males, is still seen as a form of success, while a single woman is regarded as a failure. Single men are often seen as being immature, selfish, tied to mother, or deeply inadequate. The authors of this book compare singles with marrieds to separate m…
Role Transitions
Social Change and Women's Work and Family Experience in Ireland and the United States
Social Change and Women’s Work and Family Experience in Ireland and the United States
This paper examines the changing nature of the female labor force in Ireland and the United States. Data from the two countries are used to illustrate both similarities and variations in the Western experience of women during the period of rapid change in work and family life since the late nineteenth century. A central facet of how Western families have been transformed during the past century has involved the increased participation of women in…
Annual Editions
Using a Research Team and Microcomputers to Teach Basic Sociological Principles
This paper illustrates one way in which a small research team can use microcomputers to learn sociological methods as part of a large introductory sociology course. Data from the research team can be used to teach a number of basic sociological principles to the larger class. In addition to beginning the process of integrating microcomputers into the classroom, this approach provides a strong empirical base for the instruction of sociology, provi…
A Note on the Integration of Aids into the Sociology of Human Sexuality
In recent decades throughout the industrialized world, death has come to be associated largely with old age. Declines in infectious diseases resulting from advances in medical technology and improvements in nutrition and sanitation have led to the virtual elimination of widespread epidemics which affect the mortality rates of infants and young adults (Kain 1987). The emergence of AIDS represents an important challenge to this linkage between deat…
Teaching Marriage and the Family
The Aids Movie
Promises to Keep
Training Teaching Assistants
The Unmarried in Later Life
Heart of the Dragon
The Myth of Family Decline
Evaluating Students' Presentations with the Cops Form
One of the most difficult tasks in teaching sociology is evaluating students' work. This paper describes one method for grading oral assignments: the COPS form (for Content, Organization, Planning, and Style), which allows faculty members and students to analyze oral presentations critically. It can be used in a wide variety of courses, from undergraduate introductory sociology through upper-level graduate seminars, and is a useful tool for helpi…
Teaching Sociology in an International Setting
This paper examines strategies for teaching sociology in an international setting; the city of London is used as an example. The paper focuses on ways in which faculty can integrate the resources of a large city in another culture into their curriculum in programs of study abroad. First we discuss the importance of advance planning, including shaping courses to fit the international setting, anticipatory socialization of students, support for fac…
Internationalizing the Sociology Curriculum
Embattled Paradise
Family and the State of Theory
How Societies Change
Curricular Challenges for the Twenty‐first Century
The papers in this collection address a set of important issues facing our discipline. These issues cross national boundaries, and indeed are important far beyond the sociological sphere. My brief comments here will use these papers as a springboard for noting several important curricular challenges and trends for sociology, in particular, and academia, more generally, as we enter the next century
Building the Sociological Imagination through a Cumulative Curriculum
This paper examines the professional socialization of undergraduate sociology majors with a focus on research training. The first section of the paper argues that strong professional socialization requires a cumulative curriculum that provides students with a solid set of research skills designed to build the sociological imagination. Next, the paper presents data that explore the structuring of research training in the undergraduate major nation…
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