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A Matchmaking Exercise for Teaching Homogamy Theory to First-Year Sociology Students

Author(s) -

Christof Van Mol

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

teaching sociology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1939-862X

pISSN - 0092-055X

DOI - 10.1177/0092055x211017201

Subject(s) - bachelor , class (philosophy) , sociology , sociological theory , mathematics education , physical education , sociological imagination , learning theory , pedagogy , psychology , epistemology , social science , philosophy , archaeology , history

This note discusses a class activity that was developed for first-year bachelor students in sociology to understand homogamy theory. Taught in a “classical” deductive way, this theory proved to be difficult to remember and describe on the examination. Starting from inductive learning, and more specifically, (structured) inquiry-guided learning, the aim of the exercise was to transcend passive learning, making students gradually discover the different components of the theory themselves, practicing their sociological imagination. Overall, students evaluated the exercise positively, and they performed much better on the examination.

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