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Theory, Imagination, and Practice: Teaching Sociological Theory at the University

This paper explores various approaches of teaching sociological theory in order to provide a foundation that enhances students' capacities to think critically, link sociological theory with sociological practice, and apply sociological theory to everyday contexts. It argues for a sociological theory curricula designed to assist students in developing their sociological imagination and a variety of higher order thinking skills—such as application, analysis, and evaluation—as well as their capacity to read each situation sociologically and think about it theoretically. This is seen as an important pedagogical method for helping students to enter the world beyond the university and increase their likelihood of success. Furthermore, sociological theory and the task of theory instructors to explain the reality of how theory can affect change are central in guiding social action and intervention for social change. Information from the field and sociological practice are also required ...

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Designing First-year Sociology Curricula and Practice

Asian Social Science, 2017

Many countries are now specifying standards for graduates in different disciplines, including sociology. In Australia, the Australian Sociological Association (TASA) has developed Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) for sociology to provide the learning outcomes that students graduating with a bachelor’s degree in sociology should achieve. These TLOs have encouraged universities to think explicitly about their sociology curriculum in a holistic way. This paper reports on a project that investigated the skills and concepts sociology students need to learn in first year to meet the TLOs by the time they graduate. The project identified the needs of students as they transition from school or work into the study of sociology in first year through a study of literature of first-year pedagogy and a student survey. A workshop was held for sociology that involved 37 academics from 14 universities. The workshop was used to promote a rethink of teaching of sociology in the light of the new TLO...

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