TEACHSOC: Re: Black White continued

[Robert Hironimus-Wendt]

Hi Kristen   I apologize if I offended you. I did not intend to tell you how to teach your class.   I simply thought you were offering a public discussion on this teaching listserve about the show, and how it might be used in the classroom. Thus, I offered my perspectives on some aspects of the show that I found interesting, and how I would approach some aspects of the show in the classroom.   Again, I apologize if I upset you. It was not my intent…   Robert   Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt, Ph.D. Sociology and Anthropology Western Illinois University 1 University Circle Macomb, IL 61455-1390 phone: (309) 298-1081 fax: (309) 298-1857 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   "It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If   you don't use your power for positive change, you   are indeed part of the problem, helping to keep   things the way they are."     -Coretta Scott King   From: teachsoc@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristen Hefley Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 3:59 PM To: teachsoc@googlegroups.com Subject: TEACHSOC: Black White continued   Of course, I would not recommend that anyone tell students to watch without watching all shows either, but it is not my place to tell people how to teach their courses, which is why I offered no suggestions for how the show might be used.  Why limit imaginations?  I bring this up because I think my suggestion was perhaps slightly misunderstood.   I don’t know that anyone needs anyone else’s take on the show, as we can all watch it for ourselves and I’d rather assume that most people reading this are insightful, intelligent, and capable of making the connections themselves.  After all, I use this E-mail list for ideas, but not every idea presented here would work for me or is superior to what I already use for teaching a particular topic or concept.  If I know about something, however, I’m going to pass it along.  Of course, every instructor should be the judge of whether it is useful for him or her or not.    By the way, every example we use, whether we tell a story, show a clip, or provide an example from the news or some other source, to illustrate a concept is “anecdotal” and it goes without saying that we should be constantly telling our students the difference between what is anecdotal and what can be backed up by statistical evidence.  Sociology is all around us.  It is *in* our entertainment, and I personally find it valuable to give students the tools to flesh it out of the entertainment they receive in order to distinguish between accurate and inaccurate depictions.                Kristen Hefley University of Oklahoma Department of Sociology Kaufman Hall 331 780 Van Vleet Oval Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-1751 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---