At the 2007 annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, we presented a workshop entitled "How to do the Scholarship of Teaching." The workshop had three main goals: to introduce participants to the literature on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and to various SoTL outlets, to guide participants in the process of doing…

Describes efforts of the Teaching Services Program of the American Sociological Association to improve and support effective teaching of college-level sociology. Services and products are described. (RM)

This article presents the author's response to the article "The Sociology of Teaching Graduate Statistics" by Timothy Patrick Moran. Moran takes on the admirable task of trying to improve the teaching graduate statistics. Like many good teachers, he makes controversial and thought-provoking statements designed to promote discussion and debate.…

Describes a college demography course which teaches demography as an analytic discipline, stressing demographic concepts, data interpretation, and evaluation skills. Five course goals are specified and instructional techniques and exercises used in the course are presented. (JDH)

Maintains that the "python analogy," often used to help students understand the negative societal impact of unusually small or large age cohorts, is better replaced by the social tunnel analogy, which is diagramed and illustrated with reference to the educational problems experienced in the United States as a result of the World War II baby boom.…

Describes course objectives and procedures used to teach college undergraduates to use a statistical package to explore large-scale computer-based demographic databases. (JDH)

Presents a class exercise called "Find Yourself in the Census and Vital Statistics Project," in which students compete for course grade point rewards by locating themselves in the birth, migration, morbidity, marriage, divorce, and education statistics. (JDH)

Mauksch has been a central figure during the past decade in the social movement to improve the teaching of sociology. This interview explores the details of his interest and activities in the teaching movement and examines the intellectual commitments and organizational experiences that have led to his promotion of teaching sociology. (Author)

Describes the structure and content of a college course devoted to developing and understanding international demography. Provided are a course outline, brief descriptions of the geographic areas treated, suggested student projects, and textbook recommendations. (JDH)

Defines applied demography and examines the training needs of applied demography students. Describes required topics, course structure, and available teaching resources. (Author/JDH)

Describes the development of an applied demography course designed to attract older part-time students. Illustrates students' work in the course with three brief case studies. (JDH)

Describes a 30- to 40-minute group exercise which helps students to understand family economic problems, and to be more realistic about their lives once they graduate. (JDH)

Using results from three classes (n = 324) taught by the author, this study shows, among other findings, that students with high grade point averages, well-educated parents, and previous college experience tend to know more sociological facts, concepts, theories, and methods. Impact and advantages of pretesting are discussed. (JDH)

This article surveys information resources, contemporary issues and trends, and selected instructional strategies useful in teaching undergraduate criminology. Instructional resources reviewed include textbooks, professional journals, and reference works. Twelve issues and trends are identified and three exemplary learning activities are…

Outlines a community action learning model that stresses the integration of classroom and experiential learning. Program prerequisites, structure, process, and action learning projects are also discussed. (Author/JDH)