Using Popular Music to Teach Sociology: An Evaluation by Students.

Walczak, David; Reuter, Monika

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ERIC Number: EJ493872

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Publication Date: 1994

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Using Popular Music to Teach Sociology: An Evaluation by Students.

Walczak, David; Reuter, Monika

Teaching Sociology, v22 n3 p266-69 Jul 1994

Asserts that song lyrics illustrate important sociological concepts. Reports on a study using song-lyric packets with 23 students in an introductory college sociological course. Finds that students were very supportive of the strategy and includes an appendix illustrating the approach by presenting one song-lyric packet. (CFR)

Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Military Personnel, Minority Groups, Music, Popular Culture, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Social Status, Sociology, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iceland

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