Our Social World: Condensed Version - Softcover

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9781412966597: Our Social World: Condensed Version

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ISBN 10: 1412966590 ISBN 13: 9781412966597

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2009

In this brief text, two leaders of the Teaching Sociology movement encourage students’ development of their sociological imaginations through role-taking. Assuming the role of a child living in poverty in India or of a member of an African tribe, students learn to re-envision their global society. An innovative, integrated framework provides core sociological concepts, while features such as Contributing to Our Social World enable students to “do” public sociology. Our Social World: Condensed Version presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world.

Key Features

A global perspective is integrated into each chapter, inspiring students to begin thinking of global society as a logical extension of their own micro world
Boxes highlight volunteer and career opportunities available now and after graduation for students with a background in sociology
Sociologists’ influence on policy issues is highlighted so students can see the impact of sociology on the ‘real world’
An underlying goal of critical thinking and deep learning, through features such as Thinking Sociologically, encourages students to internalize and analyze the global society from a sociological viewpoint
The Social World Model in each chapter provides an organizing framework to help students understand the interrelatedness of core concepts

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About the Author:

Jeanne H. Ballantine is professor of sociology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She received an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from Indiana University, with a specialty in sociology of education. She has been teaching and writing for more than 30 years and has written or coauthored several texts, including Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis, Teaching Sociology of Education, Sociological Footprints, and Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology. She has also published in other areas, including gender and teaching of sociology, and has been an active member of sociology of education organizations, including the ASA Section on Sociology of Education, the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee on Sociology of Education. She has won numerous awards, including the ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.

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