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"Everyone Is Supersmart Now": Learning Higher-Level and Critical Sociological Thinking from the Dystopian Satire of M.T. Anderson's Feed.
- Source :
- Teaching Sociology; Oct2022, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p309-321, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Sociology instructors have long used nontraditional texts such as literary fiction to demonstrate core course concepts, increase student engagement, and develop students' critical thinking in the classroom. In this article, I explore how written assignments structured around identifying core course concepts in a dystopian novel that connects to student interests can help develop higher-level and critical sociological thinking skills. Using data from an upper-level Sociology of Media course at a large, Midwestern university, I detail a final paper assignment centered around M. T. Anderson's dystopian satire novel Feed. I present qualitative and quantitative findings that demonstrate students' successful use of higher-level and critical sociological thinking to identify, analyze, and support original arguments regarding core course concepts within the dystopian world and our own. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CRITICAL thinking
SOCIOLOGY
DYSTOPIAS
DYSTOPIAS in literature
SATIRE
TEACHING
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0092055X
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Teaching Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159580364
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X221120859