TEACHSOC: Re: Senior Seminar

[Diane Pike]

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Allan Johnson's The Forest and the Trees was excellent--not sure if still in print. My students also liked Lemert's Social Things and Schwalbe's The Sociologically Examined Life. Each has strengths but are fairly different in tone and approach (using sociological vocabularyand including sociologists--or not--, voice of author, level of audience, questions at end of chapter)  so it might be worth comparing to see what is best fit for your course. I have used each in senior seminar over the years and each worked well to different strengths. Diane Harriet Hartman wrote: I am teaching a Senior Seminar in the Fall, and the topic was not announced (usually there is a topic). Therefore the students don't quite know what to expect, and what I'd like to do is give the students a common "sociology" reading to get us started and then have each do their own project. The common sociology reading I'd like is something along Charon's "Ten Questions" line, but I think that may be too elementary. Does anyone have a suggestion for a somewhat more advanced, but similar kind of reading? Thanks, Harriet -- Diane Pike, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Director, Augsburg College Center for Teaching and Learning Chair, ASA Section on Teaching and Learning “If you teach, you belong!” Augsburg College Box 132 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis MN 55454 612-330-1228  fax 612-330-1649 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---