Draft version of presentation file for the first class meeting of Alex Enkerli's SOCI 203/2A: Introduction to Society

1. SOCI 203/2AIntroduction to Society Meeting 1: Introduction AlexandreEnkerli

2. What to Expect From me From you From the semester

3. Presentation Getting to know me "Who to expect" "How I roll" Here to help Get to know you

4. Social scientist Social networks Malian hunters Geek culture (tech, beer, coffee) Ethnographer But phone surveys "Public intellectual" Social media Presentations Market research

5. Teacher Diversified experience Locations Institutions Fields Constructivism Critical thinking Humour, play, informality Flexibility

6. Podcast Technology Recording Attentive listening Lecturecasts Lecture part Not discussion Available after class Focus class time on participation

7. Slides Will be posting them in advance Follow along? Hope for more Wikified? Outline Crutch? Skip

8. Who are you? Numerous Diverse Names Profiles "Raised hand"

9. Where are you from? Diverse origins Disciplines University experience

10. Setting Up for the Semester

11. Basic Terms Course: SOCI 203/2A Class: All of us Class Meeting: Saturdays, 1:15 to 4:00 Classroom: H-507 Office: H-1125-28 Resource Lab: H-1132

12. Class Meeting Structure (After Today) First half: Discussion and exercises 15' Break Second Half: Preparation for material

13. Course Contributions What {you} give to the course How would it be different if you weren't here? All have something to contribute Diverse backgrounds Diverse interests I also contribute We're all in the same boat Different roles

14. Methods Communicate Prompted or not Asking question Reacting to somebody else Do Build, create, make... Apply to own life (trace) Editing material Adding links

15. Channels In the classroom (exercises and discussions) Online (Moodle) Direct communication (office hours, etc.) Progress through the semester

16. Self-Assessment Mid-Semester (October 24) What grade, on 10, do you think you deserve? Why? (Describe own contributions) Still my decision Not lenient Can end up being zero

17. Assessing No comparison Not about attendance May be connected to work outside of class May be connected to learning experience May have to do with progression

18. Evaluation of course contributions End of semester My evaluation Based in part on self-assessment Baseline Notice progress

19. Online Internet Blended learning Maximize learning experience Mostly Moodle Moodle site for the course: http://moodle.concordia.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=28590 Forums Wikis

20. Time Online At least 5 to 10 minutes a week for quiz Stick around Contribute Forums Other Modules

21. Forums News Sociology café General Weekly Forums Mid-Term Preparation Wrap-Up Can unsubscribe

22. Required Material Complementarity Main Sources Knutila textbook Wikibook Other course resources (online)

23. Knuttila Availability Concordia Bookstore ($66.95/$50.25) Former students Library reserve Resource lab (1132) Choice Treat as adults Flexibility Cost of textbooks OUP

24. Wikibook Availability Moodle Wikibookshttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology Choice Cover bases Open Access Shared material

25. Wikibook Edits Contribution Not Anonymous Thoughtful edits Discourage from "spoiling" Can have non-destructive fun

26. “Reading” Making you think Thinking like an academic Not force mould Take time Tips Read actively Read efficiently Not advised to read weeks in advance Knuttila before Wikibook

27. Lot of work? "Totally doable" Less than project Registering for a Gym I work too

28. Reading Quiz Before class discussion Multiple-choice questions with correct answers Ten questions or less One minute each Learning strategy Low stakes Question Sources Some retention of core material Not particularly critical thinking

29. Exams Focus on thinking Understanding Some longer questions Classroom Higher stakes Some of the same questions Mid-Term (October 24) Weeks 2-6 Final (Exam Period) Weeks 8-12 Some comprehensive questions

30. Objectives

31. Core Objectives Sociological Training Critical Thinking

32. Sociological Training Mastery of tools Conceptual "Think like a sociologist" Terminological "Talk like a sociologist" Learning sociological discourse Keywords for Search Know use Practical "Work like a sociologist" Not just say what is Prepare for upper-levels and grad school

33. Critical thinking How would you define critical thinking?

34. Own «Sens critique» Not take anything for granted Not Dual/Binary Not "it's patently false" Not "it's certainly true"

35. Core Competencies Literacies Learning how to learn Lifelong Learning

36. Think About Context Source Criticism Information and Knowledge

37. Easy Contexts for Critical Thinking April fool's Satire Rumour site Wikipedia Advertising Op-Ed

38. Warning Signs Conspicuous rhetoric French flag on French restaurant Formal title as legitimacy

39. Next Week

40. Diverse Front Matter Internet Sociologist Chapter 1 Introduction to Wikibook

41. Overall Sense of the textbook Critical thinking Sense of the discipline

42. Front Matter "Non-narrative" content Guide Working with book "Exercise" Spend time

43. Active reading Critical thinking Questions Note-Taking Headnotes Marginalia Journal Annotations

44. Reading Skills Efficient reading Fran Shaver and Bill Reimer Multiple passes Concentric circles Contexts Try to predict Why thought? Semester progression

45. Internet Sociologist Method to apply critical thinking Much about sources Apply critical thinking to tutorial itself Think about purpose

46. Knuttila Chapter 1

47. Overview Science as a Way of Knowing Sociology and the Social Sciences Sociology as the Study of Structure and Agency Science, Theory, and the Origins of Sociology The Sociological Imagination and Its 'Promise' Developing the Sociological Perspective Getting On with Sociological Analysis

48. Science as a Way of Knowing Ways of knowing Science Also in appendix Perry’s positions First positions with "right answer" Higher positions with critical thinking Dominance of science Part of sociology of science (STS) As way of knowing Scientific Method

49. Sociology and the Social Sciences Disciplinary boundaries

50. Sociology as the Study of Structure and Agency Personal/Public Private/Public Person/Group Goal/”Greater Good” Agency "Act upon" Free Will

51. Social Diversity Human diversity Link to sociological imagination Particularism Relativism

52. Science, Theory, and the Origins of Sociology Emergence of capitalism Frequent focus Potential critique As broad-reaching context Not absolute Science, enlightenment, classical liberalism Careful on assumptions Links between parts Co-context Emergence of Sociology Contextualize

53. The Sociological Imagination and Its 'Promise' Sociological Imagination

54. Developing the Sociological Perspective Sociological Way of Thinking Getting On with Sociological Analysis Scholars Max Weber Émile Durkheim Karl Marx C. Wright Mills

55. Wikibook Introduction

56. Overview 1 What is Sociology? 2 History 2.1 Auguste Comte and Other Founders 2.2 The Development of the Discipline 2.3 Early Sociological Studies 2.4 Quantitative vs. Qualitative Sociology 3 Sociology and Other Social Sciences 3.1 The Development of Social Science 4 Sociology Today

57. Structure Short Definitions Sociologists Broad Scholars/Figures Development narrative Phases Disciplinary context Figures outside sociology

58. Quiz On all material for next time