Helpful Documents from Your Fellow Socgrads

Teaching

Kieran Healy's teaching materials (e.g. Kieran's notes on "How to Think about Your Research Paper" (.pdf), "Responding to Writing in the Social Sciences.")

Midsemester evaluation form (.doc format) - courtesy of Dirk Zorn. Be sure to replace Dirk's name with your own and add the relevant course information on the top of the form (both pages).

Advice on writing papers (.txt format) - a letter written by Gabriel Rossman and Sada Aksartova to Sociology students on points to keep in mind while writing research papers and take home exams for Sociology courses

Princeton Logistics

Dealing with some of the logistics of precepting is a document that was compiled by Marion Carter to help preceptors with getting copies of course material, changing room assignments, using audio-visual equipment, and the basics of CourseInfo.

The Undergraduate Perspective is a short document by Eszter Hargittai on Princeton undergrad specific dates and some more general expectations you'll encounter from students in your precepts.

Previous Preceptors

For specifics on precepting particular courses and working with the various faculty members, check out the list of past preceptors (.rtf format) arranged by earlier semesters starting with Fall, 1997. (The document is in .rtf format and should open up easily in any word processor program.)

Other Sociology Resources

Julian Dierkes' teaching links

Resources at Princeton

McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning
Community Based Learning Initiative
Writing Center
CIT's Academic Services

ASA Resources

ASA's section on Undergraduate Education

Syllabi for Graduate Courses on Teaching Sociology

Practicum on Teaching Sociology - Prof. Caroline Persell, NYU
Practicum in Teaching Sociology - Prof Lee Clarke, Rutgers

Other Teaching Resources

Howard Aldrich's teaching related page
H-Net Teaching Resources - lots of links (e.g. multimedia in the classroom and example syllabi)
Technology in Hollywood (ideas for movies to show in class)
Film and the Social Construction of Gender
Pedagogical Issues and Strategies from WMST-L, an international electronic forum for people involved in Women's Studies as teachers, researchers, librarians, and/or program administrators.
Resources for Teaching Social Psychology
Using the Internet in Teaching (links list)

Miscellaneous Teaching Materials

Some great spoof ads to use when teaching students about gender, consumption, media, etc.

About-Face - examples of how women are depicted in advertising

Dying to be Thin - a PBS documentary on eating disorders

Understanding USA - a publication sponsored by the Markle Foundation; features beautiful graphical representation of a myriad of statistics about the US (children & education, crime, health, environmental issues, business and trade, etc.)

Related Publications

The Technology Source - "The purpose of The Technology Source, a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical, is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations."

Teaching Sociology - table of contents online (note that a hard copy of Teaching Sociology is available in the TIPS library in Wallace Hall)