Students who participate in simplified research projects, as compared with students who take tests, display more awareness of sociology's methods of inquiry and purposes of research. (Author/DE)

In order to understand the dynamics of ethnicity as it operates in the United States, students in a sociology course on minorities combined theoretical material with an analysis of the distinctive group patterns in the region. (Author/DE)

As part of an introductory sociology course students examined social problems from the three perspectives of common sense, journalism, and sociology. They explored these perspectives outside the classroom through various activities which included a questionnaire of their own common sense thoughts, interviews, and readings. (Author/DE)

An integrated sociological learning effort in which students take all their work in one semester from a team of sociology professors is described. The course includes simulation games, a two week intensive human relations lab, extensive field trips, and individualized projects. (Author/DE)

This article describes a graduate level seminar course which offers one possible preparation for the sociologist's teaching role. Discussed are the students' field experiences, and reading assignments and classroom discussions held on the theoretical and substantive issues in and functions of sociology, teaching techniques and techniques for…

The academic weaknesses in the CLASP program (described in SO 504 356) are examined by sociology professors at the same university. (DE)