Raising Awareness

Incorporating a Student-run Campus Awareness Week in Course Objectives

Bibliographic Data

ID11062077
AuthorsMichelle Napierski‐Prancl (Russell Sage College, corresponding author), Michelle Napierski-Prancl (Russell Sage College for Women, Troy, NY, USA)
Year2011
Volume39
Issue1
Pages88-102
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTeaching Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0092055x10390645
OpenAlexW2036954493
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

This article provides a model for incorporating a student-run campus awareness week into the course objectives of a sociology class. It reflects on four semesters in which students in a sociology course on eating disorders create social change by developing and implementing a campus-based awareness week. Although the article focuses specifically on a course about eating disorders, the method may be generalized to any course in which students have the potential to educate the college community with the knowledge they have learned over the course of a semester. This article describes the course and addresses the design of the project, including student responsibilities and expectations, the specific contributions of students, and previous week themes, and it offers an evaluation of the effectiveness of this assignment

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