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More discipline(s) with qualitative methods.(sociology education)
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June 22, 2006 |
Dorton, Harold E. |
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Abstract
This paper shows how I use scholarship from many disciplines to teach qualitative methods in sociology. Incorporating work from other disciplines into the course helps students become better researchers and better sociology students. On the surface, the latter may seem counterintuitive, but ideas and practices from outside of sociology and its curriculum reinforce some ideas as effectively as ideas from within the discipline. Moreover, when students learn the value of other disciplines to sociology, they also learn what sociology offers in return.
The greatest challenge in teaching qualitative methods in sociology is deceptively complex: ...
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