Teaching for Mastery
Focus on Social Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11062034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diane Elizabeth Johnson |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1318715 |
| OpenAlex | W2050593047 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article details my efforts to enhance student outcomes in my annual course in micro theory, social foundations of human behavior, at a midsize state university in the fall of 1998. Literature on the teaching of social theory recommends two teaching strategies: application and collaborative learning. In this paper, I describe the ways in which I (1) adapted these recommendations to course materials, (2) collected data on student response, and (3) used feedback to fine-tune the approach. In monitoring student response, I was guided by a model based on work in educational psychology on learning styles and Jerome Bruner's modes of thought (1996). Monitoring student learning was non-intrusive, relying for the most part on class assignments and regularly scheduled exams
Education theory · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Management and Marketing Education · Online and Blended Learning · Philosophy · Psychology
Cinematic pedagogy for social justice
A Research Note Assessing the Benefit of Presentation Software in Two Different Lecture Courses
Simulating Secularization
Using Focused Web-Based Discussions to Enhance Student Engagement and Deep Understanding
The Theory Forum
Comte Unplugged
Writing in the Sociology Curriculum
When the Personal Becomes Problematic
Teaching the Classics
Turning Theory into Theorizing
Teaching Social Theory through Students' Participant-Observation
Life after Death
Using Journals in the Social Psychology Class
Reducing "Theory Anxiety" through Puzzles
Using Student Journals in Sociology Courses
Constructing Social Problems
Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnomethodology
Social Problems as Collective Behavior
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |