Wednesday, September 6th...Sociology
Using a powerpoint slide show, I attempted to set the stage for students to begin working through the first chapter of the new text. Key ideas submitted include: Sociology is a essentially the study of group dynamics, social behaviors, etc...Also, there are many subsets or subcategories to Sociology. I used examples stemming from criminology, public policy, public health, public education, the "mob mentality" [this weird notion of strength in numbers...i.e. the 1986 Everest Disaster, the 1920 Duluth Lynchings, etc].
When reading the chapter, students should play close attention to this idea of "sociological imagination." I tend to think of this concept as a kind of empathy. I think to be able to engage in sociological imagination one needs to think BIG...to go beyond ones own "so called life" and to instead take a kind of "bird's eye view" of a particular societal phenom...more tomorrow, but get going on reading this stuff!!! And use the website as well...
Using a powerpoint slide show, I attempted to set the stage for students to begin working through the first chapter of the new text. Key ideas submitted include: Sociology is a essentially the study of group dynamics, social behaviors, etc...Also, there are many subsets or subcategories to Sociology. I used examples stemming from criminology, public policy, public health, public education, the "mob mentality" [this weird notion of strength in numbers...i.e. the 1986 Everest Disaster, the 1920 Duluth Lynchings, etc].
When reading the chapter, students should play close attention to this idea of "sociological imagination." I tend to think of this concept as a kind of empathy. I think to be able to engage in sociological imagination one needs to think BIG...to go beyond ones own "so called life" and to instead take a kind of "bird's eye view" of a particular societal phenom...more tomorrow, but get going on reading this stuff!!! And use the website as well...
posted by Charlie Farrow at 3:45 PM
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