Description
Book SynopsisThe book's objective is to help students develop a skill -- their ability to interpret and analyze situations sociologically.
- Development of student skills and their sociological eyesight is facilitated through practice using decision cases, relatively short problem-centered narratives that promote critical thinking.
- The book's structure promotes the progressive and incremental development of skills.
Each chapter in Part I begins with a case. The body of each chapter introduces sociological ideas and concepts by using them to analyze the beginning case. Each chapter concludes with another case so that students can practice the specific skills they have acquired in the chapter, using the chapter's Sociological Eyesight Analysis Guide. Part II contains additional cases, providing more opportunities for students to practice their skills at interpreting situations sociologically, and solving problems.
An instructor's manual is available to qualified adopters of Sociology in Action. To read the Introduction to the instructor's manual or to view a Sample Course Outline, click on Additional Materials in the left column under About This Book.
Trade Review"That the chapters begin with a case, discuss the case, and end with another case is a most useful structure—one that assists those of us unfamiliar with the process, yet also works for those familiar with cases."
-- Sally Raskoff
"Using this book will help students gain competency in several areas that are central to the learning goals and outcomes of general education at the baccalaurate level: problem solving, communication, analysis and critical thinking, and perspective. Nothing could be better for introductory sociology today than this innovative text."
-- Dean Dorn
Table of ContentsPART ONE: DOING SOCIOLOGY Seeing Society Using Theory Decoding Culture Uncovering Inequalities and Power Imagining Futures PART TWO: DECISION CASES The Worth of a Sparrow Conflict at Riverside Tossin′ and Turnin′ Lucy Allman In the Eye of the Beholder The Case of the Minnetonka Kawn Ordinance Off to College What′s So Scary about the Truth? People Like You Lisa′s Hidden Identity
