Learning to Understand Inequality and Diversity

Getting Students Past Ideologies

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11063641
AutoresAntónio Goldsmith Pat (Pat António Goldsmith is an associate professor of sociology and the Director of the Center of Ethnic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. His research interests are in the areas of the sociology of education, race and ethnicity, and the sociology of sport. He is currently working on papers about the mistreatment of immigrants along the United States-Mexico border, the effects of group conflict on attendance at integrated sports events, and the application of race-relations theories to black..., autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume34
Fascículo3
Páginas263-277
Data de publicação2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTeaching Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0092055x0603400305
OpenAlexW2131568390
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas23

In this paper I present a pedagogical method called Writing Answers to Learn (WAL) which combines Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Exploratory Writing to address the interrelated pedagogical problems of misconceptions, resistance, retention, and transfer. I analyze the use of this combined method in a course on racial and ethnic relations and provide examples to suggest that students commonly use four ideologies to understand racial and ethnic inequality: blaming the victim, justification, naturalization, and colorblind racism. I describe how I helped students identify and unlearn these ideological misconceptions and replace them with a sociological conceptual framework. I analyze the results of a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up test showing that students' use of ideology declined on each subsequent exam while their use of sociology increased during the semester and was partially retained months later. Finally I discuss the study's limitations and the utility of students learning the falseness of ideology

Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ideology · Inequality · Mathematics education · Naturalization · Pedagogy · Politics · Racism · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Test (biology · Anthropology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Gender Studies · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Psychology