Deterding, Nicole

In this activity, Nicole Deterding used a case study in her Sociology of Education section to integrate and apply theories of different types of capital (human, social, and cultural) and to clarify student understanding. Prior to section, students had...

In her first sections of the semester, Nicole Deterding discusses with her students how to read a sociology article. For the first week, students are supposed to have done some reading. As a class, they put a concept map up of the argument on the board...

Students contrast a scholarly text with a popular news article and discuss the relationship between the arguments and the limitations of them. Goal: To critically assess weaknesses and limitations of popular arguments through the application of...