Post Secondary Teaching and Learning - PSTL

Description:  Ways of Knowing in the Social Sciences is a course of studies that enables students to utilize the social science disciplines as a multidisciplinary lens for understanding major local, national, and international issues. We will explore the diverse ways that Economics, Political Science, History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography construct evidence and present knowledge by studying the local/global dimensions of immigration. The course examines major ideas, theories, and perspectives from each discipline while building an interdisciplinary understanding of the international dimensions of human migration. Students will learn multi-media research and presentation skills. Students interested in teaching or majoring in the social sciences gain useful information for choosing a major and teaching in a multidisciplinary field of studies. With a focus on experiential learning, students in this course will develop an interdisciplinary way of thinking that can be used to understand other major social issues.

Class Time: 25% Lecture, 40% Discussion, 10% Laboratory. 6 self designed field trip

Work Load: 60 pages reading per week, 20 pages writing per term, 6 exams, 1 papers. 6 short papers (2pp) report on field trips

Grade: 20% reports/papers, 40% quizzes, 10% in-class presentation, 10% class participation, 20% other evaluation. self designed field trips

Exam Format: multiple choice, 10 questions

Instructor:  Detzner,Dan (Morse Alumni Award)