Sociological Imaginations From The Classroom Plus A Symposium On The Sociology Of Science Perspectives On The Malfunctions Of Science And Peer Reviewing

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi,Anna D. Beckwith
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781888024586

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Sociological Imaginations from the Classroom Plus A Symposium on the Sociology of Science Perspectives on the Malfunctions of Science and Peer Reviewing by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi,Anna D. Beckwith Pdf

This Spring 2008 (VI, 2) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge includes two symposium papers by Klaus Fischer and Lutz Bornmann who shed significant light on why the taken-for-granted structures of science and peer reviewing have been and need to be problematized in favor of more liberatory scientific and peer reviewing practices more conducive to advancing the sociological imagination. The student papers included (by Jacquelyn Knoblock, Henry Mubiru, David Couras, Dima Khurin, Kathleen O’Brien, Nicole Jones, Nicole [pen name], Eric Reed, Joel Bartlett, Stacey Melchin, Laura Zuzevich, Michelle Tanney, Lora Aurise, and Brian Ahl) make serious efforts at developing their theoretically informed sociological imagination of gender, race, ethnicity, learning, adolescence and work. The volume also includes papers by faculty (Satoshi Ikeda, Karen Gagne, Leila Farsakh) who self-reflectively explore their own life and pedagogical strategies for the cultivation of sociological imaginations regardless of the disciplinary field in which they do research and teach. Two joint student-faculty papers and essays (Khau & Pithouse, and Mason, Powers, & Schaefer) also imaginatively and innovatively explore their own or what seem at first to be “strangers’” lives in order to develop a more empathetic and pedagogically healing sociological imaginations for their authors and subjects. The journal editor Mohammad H. Tamdgidi’s call in his note for sociological re-imaginations of science and peer reviewing draws on the relevance of both the symposium and other student and faculty papers in the volume to one another in terms of fostering in theory and practice liberating peer reviewing strategies in academic publishing. Anna Beckwith was a guest co-editor of this journal issue. Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal’s Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR’s homepage.

Author : John Scott,Ann Nilsen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782540038

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C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination by John Scott,Ann Nilsen Pdf

With renowned international contributors and expert contributions from a range of specialisms, this book will appeal to academics, students and researchers of sociology.

Author : Alan Irwin,Mike Michael
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335225897

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EBOOK: Science, Social Theory & Public Knowledge by Alan Irwin,Mike Michael Pdf

How might social theory, public understanding of science and science policy best inform one another? What have been the key features of science-society relations in the modern world? How are we to re-think science-society relations in the context of globalization, hybridity and changing patterns of governance? This topical and unique book draws together the three key perspectives on science-society relations: public understanding of science, scientific and public governance, and social theory. The book presents a series of case studies (including the debates on genetically modified foods and the AIDS movement in the USA) to discuss critically the ways in which social theorists, social scientists, and science policy makers deal with science-society relations. ‘Science' and 'society' combine in many complex ways. Concepts such as citizenship, expertise, governance, democracy and the public need to be re-thought in the context of contemporary concerns with globalization and hybridity. A radical new approach is developed and the notion of ethno-epistemic assemblage is used to articulate a new series of questions for the theorization, empirical study and politics of science-society relations.

Author : Nehring, Daniel,Kerrigan, Dylan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529204919

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Imagining Society by Nehring, Daniel,Kerrigan, Dylan Pdf

Re-examining C.Wright Mills’s legacy as a jumping off point, this original introduction to sociology illuminates global concepts, themes and practices that are fundamental to the discipline. It makes a case for the importance of developing a sociological imagination and provides the steps for how readers can do that. The unique text: • Offers succinct and wide-ranging coverage of many of the most important themes and concepts taught in first year sociology courses; • Has a global framework and case material which engages with decoloniality and critiques an overly white, western and developed world view of sociology; • Is woven through with contemporary examples, from social media to social inequality, big data to the self-help industry; • Rethinks and re-imagines what a critically committed, politically engaged and publicly relevant sociology should look like in the 21st century. This is a lively, engaging and accessible overview of sociology for all its students, teachers and people who want to learn more about sociology today. It is a welcome clarion call for sociology’s importance in public life.

Author : Catherine Corrigall-Brown
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544384139

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Imagining Society by Catherine Corrigall-Brown Pdf

Subject Line: Discover your sociological imagination! Teaser: Request your free review copy today of Imagining Society today Discover your sociological imagination! Imagining Society illuminates the connections between your life and larger social structures. Imagining Society by award-wining scholar Catherine J. Corrigall-Brown is an innovative, versatile new book that uses the theories, ideas, and research in sociology to help students make sense of the world around them.

Author : Bruce Ravelli,Michelle Webber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0132938448

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Exploring Sociology by Bruce Ravelli,Michelle Webber Pdf

Think like a sociologist! Exploring Sociology: The Concise Edition is truly a "students-first" resource. Written with students in mind, Authors Bruce Ravelli and Michelle Webber inspire students to think sociologically and to engage their sociological imaginations to foster an appreciation for how social factors such as income level, gender, and minority status influence who they are and the people they become. Through its distinctive approach to the field, its readability, and its relevance to students' lives, Exploring Sociology: The Concise Edition helps professors to develop the sociological imagination in their students by encouraging them to see sociology from multiple perspectives.

Author : Jeff Manza,N. Y. U. Sociology NYU Sociology Department,Kirsten Kramar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0134755375

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The Sociology Project by Jeff Manza,N. Y. U. Sociology NYU Sociology Department,Kirsten Kramar Pdf

Authored collaboratively by members of the NYU Sociology Department, REVEL for The Sociology Project draws on the collective wisdom of expert faculty to reveal how individuals are shaped by the contexts in which they live and act. Organized around the big questions in every subfield of the discipline, it shows how sociologists analyze our world, and sets students off on their own journeys of sociological inquiry. At its core, REVEL for The Sociology Project seeks to inspire each student's sociological imagination, and instill in each reader a new determination to question the world around us. The Canadian edition supplements the research done by faculty from the New York University Sociology Department using Canadian data and research to explore their sociological questions in the Canadian context. Throughout the chapters, students can learn about the impact of social norms, organizations, and institutions unique to Canada and reflect upon how these sociological differences may have either a positive or negative impact on individuals' quality of life in both countries and others around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9350027631

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The Sociological Imagination by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781888024531

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Sociological Re-Imaginations in & of Universities by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi Pdf

This Summer 2009 (VII, 3) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, is devoted to the theme “Sociological Re-Imaginations in & of Universities.” As part of the journal’s continuing series critically engaging with C. Wright Mills’ “sociological imagination,” i.e., the proposition that the best way to theorize and practice sociology is via a continual conversation between the study of one’s personal troubles and that of broader public issues, the present issue turns its attention to fostering sociological re-imaginations in and of universities. Several faculty, recent graduates or alumni, and current undergraduate students advance insightful, critical perspectives about their own learning and teaching experiences and personal “troubles,” and broader university, disciplinary, and administrative “public issues” that in their view merit immediate attention in favor of fundamental rectifications of outdated procedures and educational habita that continue to persist at the cost of more creative, and in fact more scientific and rational, approaches to production and dissemination of knowledge. Contributors include: Satoshi Ikeda, Sandra J. Song, L. Lynda Harling Stalker, Jason Pridmore, Festus Ikeotuonye, Samuel Zalanga, Donald A. Nielsen, Anne Bubriski, Penelope Roode, Belle Summer, E. M. Walsh, Ann Marie Moler, Minxing Zheng, Andrew Messing, Jillian Pelletier, Christine Quinn, Trevor Doherty, Lisa Kemmerer, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi (also as journal editor-in-chief). Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal’s Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR’s homepage.

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (Imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 1888024216

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Teaching Transformations 2009 by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi Pdf

This Winter 2009 (VII, 1) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self- Knowledge, entitled "Teaching Transformations 2009" and dedicated to the chronicling of representative experiences of teaching transformation in the New England area and elsewhere, brings together selected proceedings of the annual conferences of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching (CIT) and the New England Center for Inclusive Teaching (NECIT) recently held at UMass Boston. The first seven studies in the issue were gathered through the conference activities of NECIT. The second series of articles emerged from the conversations and presentations at the annual CIT conference at UMass Boston. The contributions have a common interest in advancing teaching and learning practices that transform the self and the world in favor of more just, inclusive, and participatory outcomes. The editors believe that the most central and distinguishing defining features of NECIT and CIT, i.e., the three-fold concerns with promoting pedagogical reflexivity, student learning empathy, and faculty agency, are well advocated for and respresented in the papers shared in this volume. Contributors include: Jay R. Dee (also as journal issue guest editor), Vivian Zamel (also as journal issue guest editor), Cheryl J. Daly, Maria Natalicia Rocha-Tracy, Darlene Ferguson-Russell, John Fobanjong, Patricia White, LeeAnn Griggs, Sally Barney, Janet Brown-Sederberg, Elizabeth Collins, Susan Keith, Lisa Iannacci, Kimberly Smirles, Ann Wetherilt, Melanie Murphy, Elijah Patterson, Janet D. Johnson, Elizabeth H. Rowell, Mary Ball Howkins, Duane Wright, Wayne-Daniel Berard, Alexandria Hallam, Anne Geiwitz, Matthew R. Kerzner, Angelika Festa, and Mohammad Tamdgidi (also as journal editor-in-chief). Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal's Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR's homepage.

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (Imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1888024208

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Sociology of Self-Knowledge by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi Pdf

Contents:-Editor?s Note: Sociology of Self-Knowledge: Course Topic as well as a Pedagogical Strategy-Deborah D?Isabel: The ?Difference? A Red Face Makes: A Critical Sociology of Bullying in Capitalist Society-Claudia Contreras: The Tension of Opposites: Issues of Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in My Identity Formation-Katherine Heller: My Choice of a Lifetime: ?Finding True Love? in a Sociological Imagination-Rebecca Tink: Beyond Bifurcation: Femininity and Professional Success in a Changing World-Caitlin Farren: A Different Voice, A Different Autobiography: Letting My Authentic Voice Speak-Charles Chear: The Overdose of Shame: A Sociological and Historical Self-Exploration-Harold Muriaty: My Life So Far: A ?Work? in Progress-Rachel A. DeFilippis: Intersections of My Lesbian, Feminist, and Activist Identities: Problems and Strategies in Everyday Impression Management-Lee Kang Woon: Socialization of Transnationally Adopted Korean Americans: A Self Analysis-N.I.B.: ?Housing Project? In Comparative Perspective: Opportunity or Stigma?-Sharon Brown: Religion, Gender, and Patriarchy: Awakening to My Self-Conscious Resocialization-Jennifer Lambert: Beyond the ?Goods Life?: Mass Consumerism, Conflict, and the Latchkey-Kid-Anonymous: Hooped Dreams: Internal Growth, External Stagnation, and One Man?s Search for Work-Jorge Capetillo-Ponce: Contrasting Simmel?s and Marx?s Ideas on Alienation-Mohammad Tamdgidi: Working Outlines for the Sociology of Self-KnowledgeMacalester College Symposium:-Khaldoun Samman: Sociology of Self-Knowledge at Macalester College-Ellen Corrigan: The ?Out? Crowd: Resisting the Stereotypes of High School and Teen Culture-Jeremy Cover: My Performed Identity-Jesse Mortenson: Identity Resistance and Market-based Political Culture at a Small Liberal Arts School-Khaldoun Samman: Go West Young Turk: Personal Encounters with Kemalism-Jessica Sawyer: Confessions of a Maine-iac: The Family, Academia, and Modernity

Author : James Ostrow,Sandra Enos,Garry Hesser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980745

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Cultivating the Sociological Imagination by James Ostrow,Sandra Enos,Garry Hesser Pdf

The editors and authors of this book, seventh in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, bring their own sociological wisdom and imagination to demonstrate how service-learning can effectively be used in the sociology curricula and in class exercises. Discussions in the introduction and chapters, along with appended syllabi, provide ways in which such programs can be adopted in undergraduate sociology courses.

Author : Kristin Luker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674265493

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Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences by Kristin Luker Pdf

“You might think that dancing doesn’t have a lot to do with social research, and doing social research is probably why you picked this book up in the first place. But trust me. Salsa dancing is a practice as well as a metaphor for a kind of research that will make your life easier and better.” Savvy, witty, and sensible, this unique book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science. In this volume, Kristin Luker guides novice researchers in: knowing the difference between an area of interest and a research topic; defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature; mastering sampling, operationalization, and generalization; understanding which research methods best answer your questions; beating writer’s block. Most important, she shows how friendships, non-academic interests, and even salsa dancing can make for a better researcher. “You know about setting the kitchen timer and writing for only an hour, or only 15 minutes if you are feeling particularly anxious. I wrote a fairly large part of this book feeling exactly like that. If I can write an entire book 15 minutes at a time, so can you.”

Author : Anthony Giddens,Mitchell Duneier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0393988872

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An Introduction to Sociology by Anthony Giddens,Mitchell Duneier Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309214452

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A Framework for K-12 Science Education by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards Pdf

Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity's most pressing current and future challenges. The United States' position in the global economy is declining, in part because U.S. workers lack fundamental knowledge in these fields. To address the critical issues of U.S. competitiveness and to better prepare the workforce, A Framework for K-12 Science Education proposes a new approach to K-12 science education that will capture students' interest and provide them with the necessary foundational knowledge in the field. A Framework for K-12 Science Education outlines a broad set of expectations for students in science and engineering in grades K-12. These expectations will inform the development of new standards for K-12 science education and, subsequently, revisions to curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development for educators. This book identifies three dimensions that convey the core ideas and practices around which science and engineering education in these grades should be built. These three dimensions are: crosscutting concepts that unify the study of science through their common application across science and engineering; scientific and engineering practices; and disciplinary core ideas in the physical sciences, life sciences, and earth and space sciences and for engineering, technology, and the applications of science. The overarching goal is for all high school graduates to have sufficient knowledge of science and engineering to engage in public discussions on science-related issues, be careful consumers of scientific and technical information, and enter the careers of their choice. A Framework for K-12 Science Education is the first step in a process that can inform state-level decisions and achieve a research-grounded basis for improving science instruction and learning across the country. The book will guide standards developers, teachers, curriculum designers, assessment developers, state and district science administrators, and educators who teach science in informal environments.