Introducing Students to the Concept of the Sociological Imagination: A Written Assignment.

O'Flaherty, Kathleen M.

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ERIC Number: EJ461872

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Publication Date: 1992

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Introducing Students to the Concept of the Sociological Imagination: A Written Assignment.

O'Flaherty, Kathleen M.

Teaching Sociology, v20 n4 p326-28 Oct 1992

Describes a written assignment designed to help students develop a framework for understanding the meaning of the concept of social imagination. Defines social imagination as a pattern of questioning and understanding the world. Suggests that students must develop a mindset that allows them to understand the intersection between personal biography and social history. (DK)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Life Events, Social History, Sociology, Student Experience, Teaching Methods, Writing Assignments

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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