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The Teaching Sociology Playbook
Edited by Stephanie Medley-Rath and Gregory T. Kordsmeier
This collection of great teaching practices, contributed by master teachers, is designed for novice as well as more experienced sociology instructors. It explains how to take the germ of an innovative idea and transform it into a fully realized teaching assignment or activity with learning objectives, assessments, step-by-step instructions, and alignment with a syllabus or departmental learning outcomes.