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What is Sociology

Chapter 6
Exploring Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom
The study of the human societies. Specifically, sociology intends to explain how the relationships between people living in groups is determined by a certain sociocultural context, and, simultaneously, the ways such relationships contribute to construct a particular society in time and space.
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Families in the Mirror and Women on the Edge: Educating for Sustainability About Family and Gender Dynamics Through Comic Strips and Sociology
Rosalina Pisco Costa (Universidade de Évora, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4313-2.ch006
Abstract
This chapter highlights the power of comics in the field of higher education with a focus on teaching for diversity and inclusion, particularly United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Examples are drawn upon pedagogical exercises explored in the university classroom. In the context of a course aimed at sociology undergraduate students, Argentinian Maitena Burundarena's (b. 1962, Buenos Aires) work is used to explore diverse contemporary family issues and the related ever-changing gender roles. At the end, humor is used to provoke strangeness with a relatively close behavior, thus applying the sociological principle of “turning the familiar strange” and, consequently, achieving reflexivity regarding the topics under analysis.
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Chapter 1
“All the World's a Stage” and Sociologists Its Storytellers: Contemporary Sociology and the Art of Telling a Good Story
It studies individuals’ interaction at the crossroads between structure and agency. It is interested in understanding how society determines human behavior and how this impacts the course of societies.
Published in Chapter: “All the World's a Stage” and Sociologists Its Storytellers: Contemporary Sociology and the Art of Telling a Good Story; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Storytelling Methods Across New Media and Disciplines
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GATE Teachers From the Inside Out: Students' Perceptions on Gifted and Talented Teachers in the Classroom
Broadly designated as the science of society. It comprises the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of individuals, social institutions, and social relationships. Specifically, it aims to understand how society determines and shapes human behavior and how the social behavior impacts the ever-changing societies.
Published in Chapter: GATE Teachers From the Inside Out: Students' Perceptions on Gifted and Talented Teachers in the Classroom; From: Identifying, Describing, and Developing Teachers Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Exploring Ethical Consumption for Equity and Inclusiveness: Bridging Thoughts and Action of Consumers
Examination of human societies and cultures to discern patterns in thoughts and action of consumers.
Published in Chapter: Exploring Ethical Consumption for Equity and Inclusiveness: Bridging Thoughts and Action of Consumers; From: Handbook of Research on Global Institutional Roles for Inclusive Development
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Chapter 20
The State of Development of CSE
The study of human society, in the context of this chapter it relates to those parts of society that are involved in CSE research, management and funding.
Published in Chapter: The State of Development of CSE; From: Handbook of Research on Computational Science and Engineering: Theory and Practice
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Teaching Up: Female Sociologists Teaching About Privilege
A social science that studies social groups and human interactions and focuses on social context.
Published in Chapter: Teaching Up: Female Sociologists Teaching About Privilege; From: Accessibility and Diversity in the 21st Century University
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