Michael Apted's The Up! Series as a Teaching Prompt for Understanding, Collaboration, and New Learning in a Sociology Course Setting

Diehl, William C.; Head-Dylla, Candace; Nehme, Maya; Salazar, José A.; Sun, Jinai

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“…Pescosolido (1990: 343) claims that films encourage more participation as students come from a visual culture. Second, thinking sociologically through films nourishes students' sociological imaginations, as it affords examples to which sociological theories and methods can be applied (Deflem, 2007;Diehl et al, 2009;Groce, 1982;Hannon and Marullo, 1988;Hirsch, 1993;Hoffmann, 2006;King, 2000;Koch and Dollarhide, 2000;Leblanc, 1997;Livingston, 2004;Prendergast, 1986;Smith, 1973;Tan and Ko, 2004;Tipton and Tiemann, 1993). Deflem (2007: 1) states that 'movies present an empirical universe of data that can be illuminated with the aid of the analytical tools of sociological theory in a way that enables better understanding of the role and value of theory'.…”

Section: Why Films? Why the Simpsons?mentioning

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Teaching sociology seminars throughThe Simpsons: Homer under C. Wright Mills’ Eye

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2012

Journal of Sociology

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The academic literature on the use of television shows in sociology education has successfully highlighted the value of the practice, but has not afforded any examples from seminar teaching. This article contributes to the discussion by demonstrating how The Simpsons, an American animated television sitcom, assists in teaching sociology seminars. The article suggests that using The Simpsons in group-based, participatory teaching and the learning environments of seminars helps students to understand sociological theories and develop their sociological imagination. It shows the application of the cartoon series to seminars of a Sociology of Belonging module and tests the value of the practice by drawing on responses to student satisfaction surveys and inclass observations. The results illustrate that the cartoon helps to highlight sociological theories and improve students' sociological imagination. The research concludes that the sociology curriculum would benefit from developing particular ways of using The Simpsons according to course content.

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Section: Why Films? Why the Simpsons?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching sociology seminars throughThe Simpsons: Homer under C. Wright Mills’ Eye

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2012

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Michael Apted's The Up! Series as a Teaching Prompt for Understanding, Collaboration, and New Learning in a Sociology Course Setting

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Teaching sociology seminars throughThe Simpsons: Homer under C. Wright Mills’ Eye

Teaching sociology seminars throughThe Simpsons: Homer under C. Wright Mills’ Eye

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