Events
- Annual Convention
- Great Teaching Round-up
- Leading from the middle
- fall conference for faculty leaders
- Webinars
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Events: 2008 Sociology & Anthropology Schedule
Sociology & Anthropology Summary
Friday, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
"Serious Sociology as an Approach to Teaching Introduction to Sociology"
Speaker: Joan Ferrante,
Professor of Sociology, Northern Kentucky University
Saturday, 10:30-11:45 a.m.
"Education for Sanity"
Speaker: David Weiner,
Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Austin Community College
Friday, February 22nd, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Friday's Sociology and Anthropology Section will consider "Serious Sociology as an Approach to Teaching Introduction to Sociology," with Joan Ferrante, professor of sociology at Northern Kentucky University.
Dr. Ferrante is the author of Sociology: A Global Perspective (now in its 7th edition) and co-editor of The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
The speaker says, "Often educators believe that they have to make learning fun or entertaining to gain student interest in the subject matter. If that becomes the goal, one must question whether an entertaining approach can lead to memorable learning experiences-or to learning experiences that are impossible to forget. This discussion describes an approach to teaching introduction to sociology that is serious-an approach that treats sociology as a tool for moving students' mental energies beyond specific personal concerns to thinking deeply about the most compelling, significant, and important issues of their time and even acting to address them. We will discuss three active learning teaching techniques (student philanthropy, photo research, and social policy analysis) that can be used to accomplish these goals."
Saturday, February 23rd, 10:30-11:45 a.m.
Saturday the group will take up "Education for Sanity," with David Weiner, an adjunct professor of sociology at Austin Community College.
Dr. Weiner's life's work has been spent working for issues involving the inner city, as well as prejudice, integration, community organizations, social science research methodology, empowerment, affirmative action, recruitment, and training.
His affiliations with the University of Texas at Austin, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Houston resulted in his doctorate from UT, involvement in the corporate community, and distinction as one of the six best teachers at UH.
He lived in Israel with his family, where he joined an international environmental education project in the Negev Desert. In Dr. Weiner's philosophy, depriving a student of challenge is a true sin.
Sociology & Anthropology Section Chair:
Andrea Dawn Tawwater,
Austin Community College–Eastview