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Download full textMcCoy, Craig – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Students who experience a transcendent moment as they vicariously walk in the shoes of another person demonstrate the utilization of sociological imagination. Even though the concept of sociological imagination was advanced more than 50 years ago by sociologist C. Wright Mills, there is high value to revisit this concept and for its application to…
Descriptors: Sociology, Imagination, Active Learning, Current Events
The King Edward Debating Society Adds Current Events to Elementary and Middle-School Social Studies.
Peer reviewedMcGeown, Casimir – Social Studies, 1995
Describes a current affairs program involving the examination of social issues in a Canadian elementary school. Discusses significant aspects of the program, including the debate format, the use of computers, and a partnership with a local cable television company. Includes an appendix of the debating/talk-show format used. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cable Television, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education
