Tag: Engagement

How can textbooks further student engagement?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 27, 2013
All criticism of the genre notwithstanding, textbooks do have a central role to play in turning sociology students into sociologists. Sometimes I do wonder, however, whether it is time to re-invent the textbook.

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A Response to Recent Attacks on Social Science

By Ziyad Marar | Published: May 25, 2012
Across the world in the media, in policy, government discussions, and in our daily lives, there is evidence of social science at work. Whether it’s analysis of a cultural phenomenon like crime, or a major international concern such how climate change leads to changing lifestyles or inequality, social scientists help us understand cultures and behaviours.

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