Teaching

On The Job
Business and Management INK
November 1, 2013

On The Job

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140 Thoughtless Characters Cost Dear in Academia
International Debate
August 30, 2013

140 Thoughtless Characters Cost Dear in Academia

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Three Steps To Move HRD Forward
Business and Management INK
August 5, 2013

Three Steps To Move HRD Forward

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Living Death in the Academy
International Debate
July 12, 2013

Living Death in the Academy

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Universities for the Post-Democratic Age

Universities for the Post-Democratic Age

Critical scholarship and intellectual dissent are currently being closed down in favour of a model of academic life that accords scholars a limited role as purveyors of practically useful skills in ‘real-world’ labour markets.

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‘I Became a Scholar in Order to Become a Better Activist’

‘I Became a Scholar in Order to Become a Better Activist’

A conversation with Kitty Kelly Epstein, winner of the 2013 Marilyn Gittell Activist Scholar Award and a university professor who took a four-year break from teaching to live her research.

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How can textbooks further student engagement?

How can textbooks further student engagement?

All criticism of the genre notwithstanding, textbooks do have a central role to play in turning sociology students into sociologists. Sometimes I do wonder, however, whether it is time to re-invent the textbook.

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And Then There Were No Books

And Then There Were No Books

When the customs agent started to smile, I knew that things would go badly indeed. He told me that my books would not be allowed into the country, unless I paid a fine of 50 per cent of their current price (a lot of money, and more than I could possibly afford).

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I Have No Time to Think and Write

I Have No Time to Think and Write

The extent to which academics in different situations own their time appears to be closely associated with the distribution of privilege. In an academic world that is elitist one needs to acquire privileges in order to have time.

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Writing the North Atlantic Bubble, part 2

Writing the North Atlantic Bubble, part 2

Many sociology departments teach along conventionalist, Eurocentric lines. Nonetheless, a reformulation of the scope of the sociological curriculum seems to be slowly taking shape.

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What Makes Sociology Textbooks Original?

What Makes Sociology Textbooks Original?

Currently, textbooks exist at the margins of the Sociology, summarising and recycling extant knowledge while fundamentally lacking in original contributions to sociological enquiry. This doesn’t have to be.

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Textbook World

Textbook World

Textbooks now play a crucial role in teaching in the social sciences. Their importance is mirrored by their abundance; there is an enormous variety of textbooks on the most commonly taught subjects. The rise of the ‘textbook industry’ is not necessarily a good thing, though.

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