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Sociology in Action
Second Edition
Edited by:
- Kathleen Odell Korgen - William Paterson University
- Maxine P. Atkinson - North Carolina State University, USA
Other Titles in:
Sociology (General)
Sociology (General)
November 2019 | 424 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.
Wake up your introductory sociology classes! Sociology in Action helps your students learn sociology by doing sociology.Sociology in Action will inspire your students to do sociology through real-world activities designed to increase learning, retention, and engagement with course material. Packed with new activities and thought-provoking questions to help explain key concepts, the Second Edition of this innovative bestselling text immerses students in an active learning experience that emphasizes hands-on work, application, and learning by example.
Every chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect current events, social changes, and the latest research. Two new chapters expand coverage of health care, politics, and the economy. The comprehensive Activity Guide that accompanies the text provides everything you need to assign, carry out, and assess the activities that will best engage your students, fit the format of your course, and meet your course goals.
Preface
About the Authors
About the Contributors
Chapter 1. Training Your Sociological Eye
Chapter 2. Understanding Theory
Chapter 3. Using Research Methods
Chapter 4. Recognizing Culture
Chapter 5. Understanding Socialization and Interaction
Chapter 6. Identifying Deviant Behavior
Chapter 7. Confronting Economic Inequality
Chapter 8. Constructing Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
Chapter 9. Recognizing the Importance of Race
Chapter 10. Understanding Institutions: Politics and the Economy
Chapter 11. Understanding Institutions: Family
Chapter 12. Understanding Institutions: Education
Chapter 13. Experiencing Health, Illness, and Medical Care
Chapter 14. Understanding Institutions: Religion
Chapter 15. Saving the Environment
Chapter 16. Changing Society through Social Movements
Glossary
References
Index
Learning Activities
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
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LMS cartridge (formerly known as SAGE Coursepacks) included with this title for use in Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace by Desire2Learn (D2L), and Moodle
The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
- Test banks
- Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
- Sample course syllabi
- Lecture notes
- All tables and figures from the textbook
You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.
Student Study Site
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The open-access Student Study Site makes it easy for students to maximize their study time, anywhere, anytime. It offers flashcards that strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts, as well as learning objectives that reinforce the most important material.
"Sociology in Action is perfect for all modes of education (hybrid, face-to-face, online, and flipped classes)."
University of North Georgia
“The authors are very clear about what they want to cover. [It] also has great activities to go along with each chapter."
Georgia State University
"I appreciate that the text identifies one of the core commitments of sociology is to 'do something 'about social injustice."
Community College of Philadelphia
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1: Training Your Sociological Eye
Chapter 2: Understanding Theory
