How to Use the OpenStax Community Hub
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All resources in OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e.
Sociology Live!
(View Complete Item Description)Sociology Live! is a series of open source videos available on youtube.com for faculty and students in sociology. Using VideoScribe technology, these videos precisely explain complex sociological theories and concepts and engage both auditory and visual learners. Engaging different types of learning styles is important as students report losing attention in class can be as short as 30 seconds into the class period and up to 10-20 minutes in length. Students report shorter lapses in attention when faculty use non-lecture pedagogy. With each video being six minutes or less they can be easily incorporated into any face-to-face Introduction to Sociology course or embedded online. Discussion questions are included at the end of each video.
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Emerging Paradigms in Sociology
(View Complete Item Description)This video provides an over of the three emerging paradigms in sociology. Definitions and examples of feminism, exchange theory (rational choice), and environmental theory (postmodernism) are reviewed.
Material Type: Lesson