ENGAGED LEARNING
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A colleague of mine commented today on facebook that it is better to give than receive, and this is particularly true during exams. But I often find myself nervous to see how my students perform. Did my intentions for their learning get realized? This semester I taught a new course on Community Arts that had…
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Today in my Social Problems class I let students choose a topic for me to discuss. They chose drug abuse. Since drug abuse is not really an area I study, I was at a loss for a good hook that could get me interested in the topic. I found that hook when I caught the…
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Today in my Social Problems class I let students choose a topic for me to discuss. They chose drug abuse. Since drug abuse is not really an area I study, I was at a loss for a good hook that could get me interested in the topic. I found that hook when I caught the…
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There has recently been a lively discussion on the CITASA (Communication and Information Technology section of the American Sociological Association) listserv about using blogs for teaching college-level sociology. The discussion contained a lot of practical advice as well as pedagogical insight. I started a summary of the conversation and asked those who had been a…
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This semester while teaching an upper level seminar on Media, Culture & Society, my students and I have been reading and discussing the social effects of new media. We mostly talk about what is “new” to us, such as digital media and social media, but we also think historically about radical changes in media technologies…
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Today was the first day I tried commuting via bike to school from Belmont. As a kid, I was not allowed to bike in the road. That street, Salmon Falls Rd., was once a country road that has now become a dense cut through where cars drive like they are in the country – with…
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This week seems to be filled with the angst and anticipation of a new year as the kids (and lifelong learners) head back to school. My first day was today, and after holding my first class with bright students eager to learn more about sociology and media, I remembered why I love the classroom and…
jacob alden sargent 