Last But Not Least

Abstract

Although much has been written in the past 50 years about the pedagogical value of The Sociological Imagination, one section of Mills's book has been underutilized for far too long. Namely, the essay in the appendix, "On Intellectual Craftsmanship," has been rarely invoked by sociologists discussing the significance of The Sociological Imagination for teaching and learning. Given that the appendix is explicitly about doing research and engaging in the scholarly process, this oversight may be understandable; however, we argue that there is much to be found in the appendix that serves the needs of teachers and learners alike. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the pedagogical insights that are implicit in Mills's recommendations for being intellectual craftspersons.

Meta-Research of Komunitas Pengkaji Komunikasi: Mainstreaming Alternative Fields Amidst Indonesia Communication Academia

“…Through the idea of Mills "Intellectual Craftsmanship", the provision of sociological imagination in a certain environment, is considered as a vehicle for forming human intellectual awareness around it (Kaufman, 1997;Kaufman & Schoepflin, 2009). Indeed, intellectual craftmanship will predispose the notion of pedagogical imagination; as a pre-requisite of particular process in disseminating alternative school of thought's influences among KPK founders throughout pedagogic acivities-especially within the teaching-learning activities in the classroom (Kaufman & Schoepflin, 2009). Intellectual craftmanships, quintessentially by pedagogical imagination transpires within groups of intellectual who relate their exemplary works with the real circumstances surrounding them.…”

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“…Como diría Mills, el objetivo ha sido "empaparse" de la literatura -particularmente económica y jurídica-para lograr una aproximación multidisciplinaria y consciente de las divergencias existentes en la comprensión del campo tributario (Kaufman y Schoepflin 2009). Pero todo esto me ha permitido también transitar el primer camino con más confianza, por ejemplo, clarificando cómo los impuestos llenan de sentido la noción de ciudadanía y determinando qué pueden o no pueden hacer frente a la continua e insistente concentración de privilegios que constatan las ciencias sociales en Chile y el mundo.…”