Sounds great. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Andi
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----- Original Message -----
From: Judith Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:05 pm
Subject: TEACHSOC: Teaching power to intro
>
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks for your help with ideas on how to teach power
> to intro. It went really well.
>
> I started by asking them to all stand. They all stood
> and stared at me. I wanted to have them stand for 2
> minutes but gave up after a minute. It was good though
> since I used that to introduce the idea of power,
> ideology and authority.
>
> I then asked them to name 4 individuals and 4 groups
> who they think have power in society. They also had to
> identify one powerless group. I then asked what
> factors give them power, what does their power look
> like, what supports/legitimizes it, what are it
> sources?
>
> From there I talked about influence, coercion, and
> authority.
>
> We then talked about obedience - asking the students
> again why they obeyed me at the beginning of class but
> also why they obey in general. And then we
> brainstormed on resistance - why do people resist and
> how?
>
> Finally, they had to answer in their workbook "we
> sometimes hear the phrase 'knowledge is power'.
> Explain what this means and provide an example of a
> situation in which this might be true."
>
> So thanks again!
> Judith
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> Dr. Judith Doyle
> Assistant Professor
> Sociology
> Mount Allison University
>
>
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