Dean S Dorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4270908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dean S Dorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dean S |
| FAMILY NAME | Dorn |
| SIGNATURE | DORN D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Sacramento |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Celebrating PSA 90 Years: Presenting the Past and Present to Address the Challenges Facing Millennials in the Future
Since its founding in 1929, the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) has undergone a variety of changes as it has adapted to shifts in society, developments in the discipline, and an increasingly diverse membership. The panelists in this session highlighted several ways in which the PSA has evolved over time and discussed a number of attempts to address the challenges facing millennials and millennial sociologists (the theme of the 90th Annual …
A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association
Turning Fifty: Sociological Perspectives and the Pacific Sociological Association
To commemorate the beginning of the fiftieth volume of Sociological Perspectives, the author describes the development of the journal, the early decisions to make it a national rather than a strictly regional journal, the role of the Pacific Sociological Association as a sponsor of the journal, and the social and economic forces that played a part in the journal development. The author concludes with a discussion of the current state of journal p…
Sociologists' Discourse on Students: An Impressionistic Analysis
This paper presents a commentary about the discourse of sociologists on students. An impressionistic reading of a random sample of statements written between 1972 and 1988 by sociologists, producedfour categories of commentary about students: the incomplete and the missing; the defective, the remedial and the reparable; the filled, the empowered, and the competent; and the aruious and the unmotivated. It is suggested that sociologists'discourse o…
Simulation Games: One More Tool on the Pedagogical Shelf
This article presents an extensive review of the literature on simulation games for teaching and learning, with a special emphasis on sociology. The key features of simulation gaming are discussed by addressing the following questions: What are simulation games? What are they designed to teach? On what learning theory are they based ? How effective have they been? What are the problems involved in using them? How should they be used properly? Wha…
The First Day of Class: Problems and Strategies
In this paper, I argue that the first day of class is an encounter among strangers who develop a definition of the situation as they perceive each other. For these reasons, special preparation is required. I suggest that one way to prepare is to make certain the following questions are addressed: What are the members of the class setting out to do together? How will they accomplish what they attempt? What will the instructor be like? Who are the …
Teaching Sociologists to Teach: A Focus on Content
teaching role is discussed. The course is divided into field experience or practice teaching and classroom discussion. It emphasizes the need to deal with basic issues in the discipline, the use of the Socratic method, and one model for instruction. The assignments, readings, and seminar topics are presented. The overall perspective of the class is that excellent and competent instruction in sociology cannot take place without a critical and fund…
A Partial Test of the Delinquency Continuum Typology: Contracultures and Subcultures
A questionnaire designed to measure value orientations was administered to a sample of institutionalized delinquents, non-institutionalized delinquents, and non-delinquent adolescents for the purpose of testing some aspects of the Yinger-Cavan approach to delinquent behavior. Several conceptual distinctions were made between contracultures and subcultures to further clarify the Yinger-Cavan discussion. Only partial support was found for the “cont…
Simulation Games: One More Tool on the Pedagogical Shelf
This article presents an extensive review of the literature on simulation games for teaching and learning, with a special emphasis on sociology. The key features of simulation gaming are discussed by addressing the following questions: What are simulation games? What are they designed to teach? On what learning theory are they based ? How effective have they been? What are the problems involved in using them? How should they be used properly? Wha…
Turning Fifty: Sociological Perspectives and the Pacific Sociological Association
To commemorate the beginning of the fiftieth volume of Sociological Perspectives, the author describes the development of the journal, the early decisions to make it a national rather than a strictly regional journal, the role of the Pacific Sociological Association as a sponsor of the journal, and the social and economic forces that played a part in the journal development. The author concludes with a discussion of the current state of journal p…
The First Day of Class: Problems and Strategies
In this paper, I argue that the first day of class is an encounter among strangers who develop a definition of the situation as they perceive each other. For these reasons, special preparation is required. I suggest that one way to prepare is to make certain the following questions are addressed: What are the members of the class setting out to do together? How will they accomplish what they attempt? What will the instructor be like? Who are the …
A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association
Celebrating PSA 90 Years: Presenting the Past and Present to Address the Challenges Facing Millennials in the Future
Since its founding in 1929, the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) has undergone a variety of changes as it has adapted to shifts in society, developments in the discipline, and an increasingly diverse membership. The panelists in this session highlighted several ways in which the PSA has evolved over time and discussed a number of attempts to address the challenges facing millennials and millennial sociologists (the theme of the 90th Annual …
Sociologists' Discourse on Students: An Impressionistic Analysis
This paper presents a commentary about the discourse of sociologists on students. An impressionistic reading of a random sample of statements written between 1972 and 1988 by sociologists, producedfour categories of commentary about students: the incomplete and the missing; the defective, the remedial and the reparable; the filled, the empowered, and the competent; and the aruious and the unmotivated. It is suggested that sociologists'discourse o…
Teaching Sociologists to Teach: A Focus on Content
teaching role is discussed. The course is divided into field experience or practice teaching and classroom discussion. It emphasizes the need to deal with basic issues in the discipline, the use of the Socratic method, and one model for instruction. The assignments, readings, and seminar topics are presented. The overall perspective of the class is that excellent and competent instruction in sociology cannot take place without a critical and fund…
A Partial Test of the Delinquency Continuum Typology: Contracultures and Subcultures
A questionnaire designed to measure value orientations was administered to a sample of institutionalized delinquents, non-institutionalized delinquents, and non-delinquent adolescents for the purpose of testing some aspects of the Yinger-Cavan approach to delinquent behavior. Several conceptual distinctions were made between contracultures and subcultures to further clarify the Yinger-Cavan discussion. Only partial support was found for the “cont…
Teaching Sociologists to Teach: A Focus on Content
teaching role is discussed. The course is divided into field experience or practice teaching and classroom discussion. It emphasizes the need to deal with basic issues in the discipline, the use of the Socratic method, and one model for instruction. The assignments, readings, and seminar topics are presented. The overall perspective of the class is that excellent and competent instruction in sociology cannot take place without a critical and fund…
The First Day of Class: Problems and Strategies
In this paper, I argue that the first day of class is an encounter among strangers who develop a definition of the situation as they perceive each other. For these reasons, special preparation is required. I suggest that one way to prepare is to make certain the following questions are addressed: What are the members of the class setting out to do together? How will they accomplish what they attempt? What will the instructor be like? Who are the …
Simulation Games: One More Tool on the Pedagogical Shelf
This article presents an extensive review of the literature on simulation games for teaching and learning, with a special emphasis on sociology. The key features of simulation gaming are discussed by addressing the following questions: What are simulation games? What are they designed to teach? On what learning theory are they based ? How effective have they been? What are the problems involved in using them? How should they be used properly? Wha…
Sociologists' Discourse on Students: An Impressionistic Analysis
This paper presents a commentary about the discourse of sociologists on students. An impressionistic reading of a random sample of statements written between 1972 and 1988 by sociologists, producedfour categories of commentary about students: the incomplete and the missing; the defective, the remedial and the reparable; the filled, the empowered, and the competent; and the aruious and the unmotivated. It is suggested that sociologists'discourse o…
Turning Fifty: Sociological Perspectives and the Pacific Sociological Association
To commemorate the beginning of the fiftieth volume of Sociological Perspectives, the author describes the development of the journal, the early decisions to make it a national rather than a strictly regional journal, the role of the Pacific Sociological Association as a sponsor of the journal, and the social and economic forces that played a part in the journal development. The author concludes with a discussion of the current state of journal p…
A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association
Celebrating PSA 90 Years: Presenting the Past and Present to Address the Challenges Facing Millennials in the Future
Since its founding in 1929, the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) has undergone a variety of changes as it has adapted to shifts in society, developments in the discipline, and an increasingly diverse membership. The panelists in this session highlighted several ways in which the PSA has evolved over time and discussed a number of attempts to address the challenges facing millennials and millennial sociologists (the theme of the 90th Annual …
Sociology (8 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (5 works) · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Higher education (2 works)