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Grasmick, Harold; And Others – Teaching Sociology, 1983
The described curriculum can serve as a model for sociology departments that would like to make modest changes in their master's level programs to train students for careers in applied sociology. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Masters Degrees
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Forster, Brenda; Prinz, Andrew K. – Teaching Sociology, 1988
Discusses the objectives, characteristics, and outcomes associated with a joint "sociology-urban studies, travel-study, minicourse program." Describes how students in a four-day, two-credit-hour course travel to cities such as Washington, DC and Toronto to be exposed to different cultures, organizational structures, and social arrangements.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
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Levinson, Richard M. – Teaching Sociology, 1979
Describes a comparative health care systems program based in London which combines seminars, clinical site visits, and participant observation. Objective is for students to view health care systems through a sociological perspective using experiential learning and systems analysis. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
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Jakubowski, Lisa Marie; Burman, Patrick – Teaching Sociology, 2004
The opportunities, challenges, and lessons of the pilot phase of a community development program in a small liberal arts college are presented and conceptualized in this paper. We based this program on an experiential learning model derived from Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy and Stephen Brookfield's notion of critically responsive learning. A…
Descriptors: Community Development, Critical Theory, Experiential Learning, Teaching Models