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- Title
Photovoice: A Critical Pedagogical Assignment in the Sociology Classroom.
- Authors
Manohar, Namita N.; Berkowitz, Dana; Wilder, JeffriAnne; Tinkler, Justine E.
- Abstract
This paper describes a critical pedagogical assignment that we have successfully developed and used in our undergraduate sociology classrooms in order to make sociology relatable to real-world learning and to interrogate the structural operation of axes of domination such as race, gender, and class. The assignment involves adapting photovoice from a research methodology into a semester-long final project centered on the specific sociological issue that is the topic for the course. We describe our implementation of the photovoice project that requires students to photograph and theoretically analyze the personal, institutional, and local, and also detail our continuous modifications of it to both enhance learning and respond to specificities of our universities. We conclude with an assessment of the assignment, which demonstrates its usefulness in enabling students to connect sociological theory to their own lives and to understand the structural bases of power and inequality.
- Subjects
SOCIOLOGY education; SOCIAL theory; CLASSROOM dynamics; CLASSROOM environment; CLASSROOM activities; ACTIVITY programs in education
- Publication
Currents in Teaching & Learning, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 1&2, p36
- ISSN
1945-3043
- Publication type
Article