Teaching
From Disappointment To Ecstasy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11064778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheryl Albers (Cheryl Albers, associate professor at Buffalo State, teaches sociology courses focused on family, childhood, youth, aging, and social problems. She has recently published articles in Journal of Learning Community Research, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Planning for Higher Education and Teaching Sociology. She has just completed a three year term as the coordinator of an international CASTL leadership group exploring ways to integrate support for the scholarship of..., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 269-282 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0092055x0903700305 |
| OpenAlex | W2089064059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
Unintended outcomes can derail the best of intentions in the classroom. Designing a new course for Honors students provided an opportunity to change my traditional teaching style. I envisioned a classroom where students enthusiastically became more self-directed learners. I was perplexed with mixed reactions from students; while some joined me and adopted the model of teaching and learning I proposed, far more than I expected resisted this change. Using a sociological framework helped me understand that I had overlooked the powerful influence of the larger institutional context for shaping and maintaining expectations for teacher/student role enactment. I argue that when students' comfort is disrupted and their normative role expectations are rendered unpredictable or misunderstood, some respond with resistance. Honors students, in particular, may be the most resistant to pedagogical innovation because they are the most skilled at, and invested in, enacting and maintaining the institutionally normative roles
Context (archaeology · Mathematics education · Normative · Pedagogy · Political science · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Teaching method · Unintended consequences · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Law · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
The social construction of reality
What the Best College Teachers Do
Improving the Assessment of Student Learning
Greedy Institutions
Faculty Assessment and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom
Digital Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Invitation to Sociology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |