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Understanding Group Life:
Author(s) -
Bouma Donald H
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1991.tb03323.x
Subject(s) - comprehension , sociology , the arts , liberal arts education , epistemology , social science , sociology of education , group living , mathematics education , psychology , philosophy , political science , higher education , law , biology , linguistics , ecology
A bstract From the wide‐ranging body of material included in the introductory course in Sociology a list of 10 major understanding is nominated which contributed to the comprehension of group‐individual relationships Drawn from over 40 years of teaching Sociology courses at all levels in several university settings, the suggested list is advanced as a challenge to others for additions and deletions in an attempt to filter out the significant from the peripheral, the sinews from the adornments statistical manipulation of data and attempts at esoteric theorizing , valid as they may be may obscure the “ liberal arts ” contributions (philosophy, history and the arts) which for the vast majority of Basic Sociology students, are the important residue