"Apathetic, active, or antagonistic": A history of the American Sociological Association's involvement in high school sociology
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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has historically played a role in reforming high school sociology courses which has been alternatively apathetic, active, or antagonistic. ASA during the 1960s and also since about 1989 has pushed solely for the teaching of sociology as a scientific discipline which has proven problematic as it contradicts traditional objective of the social studies curriculum and it ignores the well-documented fact that high school sociology teachers typically have little training in, exposure to, or experience with formal, academic sociology.
Publication Name: American Sociologist
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0003-1232
Year: 2004
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"It's not rocket science!": High school sociology teachers' conceptions of sociology
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The thinking of teachers that sociology's strengths lies in its relevance to students and its contributions to citizenship education and to an understanding of the effects of groups, society, and culture on the individual is analyzed. Teachers, whose conceptions are based on etextbook sociology', believe that high school students are capable of understanding sociology which is not rocket science and can be grasped fairly easily by the students.
Publication Name: American Sociologist
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0003-1232
Year: 2006
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The impact of sociological orientation on pedagogy: a reconsideration of teacher training in sociology Ph.D. departments
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The relationship between sociological orientation and pedagogical practice is examined. It is asserted that there is a need for the graduate students to consider their orientation to the discipline before they enter the classroom, which can be accomplished through a yearlong seminar during the second year of graduate study.
Publication Name: American Sociologist
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0003-1232
Year: 2003
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