The paper describes a graduate course deploying innovative instructional materials (e.g., the use of novels to provide context for theoretical constructs) and learning activities (e.g., community asset mapping) to engage issues of leadership in rural settings. Prior to describing the course itself, the paper develops a rationale for the importance…

Seven years ago we were asked, as one of our first teaching duties at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), to teach a 5 ECTS point course on "Colloid and Surface Chemistry". The topic is itself at the same time exciting and demanding, largely due to its multidisciplinary nature. Several "local" requirements posed…

This collection of readings, comments, and class notes has been prepared for the law student as an introduction to the research methods of sociology. The fundamental argument is, that in the growing use of social science by the law, the lawyer needs to know how the social sciences accumulate their evidence and build their theories. The materials…

A brief description of these materials is given in SO 000 276. This volume contains the last four sections of readings, comments, and class notes on: the problem of sampling, the problem of inference, measures of association, and data analysis. An 11 page bibliography of additional readings in methodology is appended. (SBE)

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume contains syllabi and instructional materials for graduate and undergraduate courses in demography. The first of nine sections, an introduction, contains an overview of contents, additional resources for teachers of population and demography, general…

A sourcebook of curriculum and teaching materials pertaining to primary prevention in mental health and social work is presented. Contents include: two articles addressing the theoretical dimensions of primary prevention and the relationship to social work education and practice; five articles describing preventive content that can be integrated…