This document contains notes from an introductory sociology course taught by Dr. Li-chin Huang. It includes an introduction to sociology concepts like critical thinking, social structures, and sociological perspectives. It also outlines the course topics like foundations of society, social institutions, and social change. Key sociological paradigms and theories are discussed as analytical tools to help students think critically about society. Bloom's taxonomy of learning and methods for developing critical thinking skills are presented.
Mergers and acquisitions have a high rate of failure.
Areas of difference that could derail a business partnership:
- Attitudes toward people who are different
- Gender and travel overseas
- Hiring and promotion
- Communication
- Attitudes toward conflict
This ppt highlights the main differences between South Korea and the USA as captured by Geert Hofstede's framework.
ITAP helps companies strengthen their partnerships by diagnosing and bridging their differences (e.g. culture, function, language).
What did you say? A tutorial on intercultural communicationFrederick Zarndt
What one says to compatriots in face-to-face conversation is often misunderstood; imagine the
possibilities for misunderstandings with someone from halfway around the world, natively
speaking another language, and living in a different culture! In such circumstances how can you
be sure that your collocutor has understood you in face-to-face (hard), telephone (harder), and
email (hardest) conversations?
The ubiquity of English facilitates basic communication, but its use as a common language
frequently disguises cultural differences. Regardless of language, clear communication is essential for success in any collaborative undertaking whether done by a small co-located group or by a globally dispersed team.
This tutorial describes frameworks useful in understanding cultural differences and gives real-life
examples of misunderstandings due to such differences. Expect to take away practical tools to
understand your own cultural biases and in-class practice to boost your communication abilities
with colleagues from other cultures. You will also learn about frameworks for understanding other
cultures based on work by Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars, and others as well as on the
presenter's own experiences.
An introduction to Ethnocentrism & Enculturation from the Cross-cultural Psychology Perspectives. A Presentation summary based on the book from Matsumoto, D. & Juang, L. (2007). Culture and Psychology (4th Ed.). Wadsworth.
Mergers and acquisitions have a high rate of failure.
Areas of difference that could derail a business partnership:
- Attitudes toward people who are different
- Gender and travel overseas
- Hiring and promotion
- Communication
- Attitudes toward conflict
This ppt highlights the main differences between South Korea and the USA as captured by Geert Hofstede's framework.
ITAP helps companies strengthen their partnerships by diagnosing and bridging their differences (e.g. culture, function, language).
What did you say? A tutorial on intercultural communicationFrederick Zarndt
What one says to compatriots in face-to-face conversation is often misunderstood; imagine the
possibilities for misunderstandings with someone from halfway around the world, natively
speaking another language, and living in a different culture! In such circumstances how can you
be sure that your collocutor has understood you in face-to-face (hard), telephone (harder), and
email (hardest) conversations?
The ubiquity of English facilitates basic communication, but its use as a common language
frequently disguises cultural differences. Regardless of language, clear communication is essential for success in any collaborative undertaking whether done by a small co-located group or by a globally dispersed team.
This tutorial describes frameworks useful in understanding cultural differences and gives real-life
examples of misunderstandings due to such differences. Expect to take away practical tools to
understand your own cultural biases and in-class practice to boost your communication abilities
with colleagues from other cultures. You will also learn about frameworks for understanding other
cultures based on work by Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars, and others as well as on the
presenter's own experiences.
An introduction to Ethnocentrism & Enculturation from the Cross-cultural Psychology Perspectives. A Presentation summary based on the book from Matsumoto, D. & Juang, L. (2007). Culture and Psychology (4th Ed.). Wadsworth.
Diversity Studies - this course contains 4 units of learning materials. 3 credits.
Textbook: Meaning of Difference
by Rosenblum and Travis
This is Unit 3 learning materials and activities.
Ethical issues for administrators power point session 3.bb.fa2017brucemiller9901
I understand the importance of considering other points of view.
I understand the importance that countering opinions are OK and may even be helpful.
I can define the principle of ends-based thinking and can apply it to ethical dilemmas.
I can define the principle of care-based thinking and can apply it to ethical dilemmas.
I can define the principle of rule-based thinking and can apply it to ethical dilemmas.
The media plays an important role in defining who we are, what we desire and what is acceptable (or not) in our reality.
In this talk, we discuss the current state of affairs and discuss how we improve upon it.
This is the actual slides presented at Arizona State University on February 10th, 2014
How has nursing evolved since you graduated from your original nur.docxpooleavelina
How has nursing evolved since you graduated from your original nursing program?
-I graduated nursing school 2017, currently working as a registered nurse little over a year, so i cannot stay nursing has evolved much since 2017 because at least I'm fortunate enough to be apart of the era where you no longer have to provide care and then still make time to sit chart on paper, everything is done on a computer which makes things faster.
Is nursing today what you expected when you enter nursing education?
- no because when in nursing school based on everything you learn, you believe things will be more smooth in the hospital.everything is by the book until i start working at the hospital, i realize you have to some what put the book knowledge down, yes you use what you learn in nursing school to know what to assess for in a patient but you also have to go by the hospital you work at policies.
Examples of nursing school vs real world nursing for me:::
1. in nursing school, we learn about delegating to your cna or lpn, and my job, sometimes we don't have cna’ s available so everything is on us to do. and my work place do not hire lpn’s . sometimes even if you have a cna they are as much busy as you, or you find some that pretend to be busy because they feel like you the nurse gets more pay so you should do the job.
2. Physicians. In nursing school you learn every time a patient refuse a medication, you have to call the doctor, as a night shift nurse, in the real nursing world, you dear not wake a doctor up to tell them the patient refuse a medication unless its a critical life or death situation. Another is in nursing nursing you learn doctors are the ones to obtain a consent, in my facility the nurses are the ones to do so.
3. The level of stress. In nursing school we stress about passing a test and keeping up with due dates. In real nurse world we stress harder because now we have real lives in our hands depending on us to save them. You stress to make sure you answer all call lights promptly to avoid a fall, calling doctors for the right orders, assessing all your patients to provide the right care. Making sure everyone is alive and well during your shift, making sure you don't make a mistake that can land you before the board of nursing or land you in jail. At least in nursing school during clinicals, the responsibility is on your clinical instructor or preceptor, in real world it is all on you the nurse.
SOCI201-012Tuesday, September 17, 2019Socialization and Interaction
Culture
· Important questions about culture
· Who decides what is and is not included in our material culture?
· Who decides the values, norms, and sanctions included in a society’s culture?
· Who decides when culture changes?
Key and Peele- “Substitute Teacher”
Nature vs. Nurture
Socialization
· The process of learning a society or social group’s culture, including how to “properly” interact
· Begins in childhood but persists throughout the life course ...
This is a 3-credit, 16-week course with 4 units of learning via face-to-face, online, blended/hybrid, and night class sessions. I taught these 4 delivery formats as one of the preps from 2006 to 2019 along with other preps of Sociology/Social Problems, Art Appreciation, and some minor assigned subject matters. Here is a part of the contents of the first unit (converted from my lecture notes/PowerPoint, based on The Meaning of Difference, a required textbook, and other relevant sources.
A Preliminary Study on Childlessness/Childfree in the US. contemporary societ...Xena Crystal LC Huang
Outline
Is childlessness and the child-free in the U.S. on the rise?
2. A brief chronicle of procreation vs. childlessness
3. Research Method- Hermeneutic Phenomenology
4. Research Rationale
6. Interpretation and Findings
7. Result and implication
(The final version was presented at UW-Stout. Women's Study Conference).
An experiential facilitation of Multiple Delivery Formats (MDF) - f2f, online, hybrid, Interactive TV conference- for multiple courses (Sociology, Diversity Studies, Developmental Psychology, and Contemporary American Society) during the spring semester of 2019.
Presented at AECT International Conference, Louisville, KY, 2009
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
3. 1. Welcome to Introduction to Sociology
2. Let’s get to know each other
3. Syllabus. Introduce LMS – E360.
4. Expectation between you and me
5. Information for next class
6. Discussion and suggestion
6. “The technical component of
education focuses primary on
preparing students to become
economically productive citizens,
while the critical component of
education, in contrast, attempts
to expose students to multiple
and conflicting perspectives on
themselves and their society.”
– M. Gordon
21. PERCEPTION-
can be manipulated-
just an example in daily life
The Size-Distance Relationship:
Given the perceived distance of
an object
and the size of its image on our
retinas, we unconsciously infer
the object’s size.
22. 1. Physiological Limitations in
perception
a. Optical illusion
b. Neurological Inhibition
c. Innate limitations and Salience
2. Socio-psychological Limitations
in perception
a. Selective Perception
b. Socio-cultural experience
c. Psychological and Emotional states
Fallibility - The limitations in Perception
23. What do our brains look like ?
Root Bound
Root Expanded
25. Allegory
ˈaləˌgôrē - Noun
a story, poem, or picture that can be
interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning,
typically a moral or political one.
For example:
"Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the spiritual
journey“
Synonyms: parable, analogy, metaphor, symbol,
emblem.
26.
27. Men with
the Visual Impairment and an Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8rSCU-j_X4&NR=1 cattaks
28. Socio-biological Forces Shape Who and What We Are
Individual
Internal
forces
External
forces
I and ME/
Individual
Positive
Forces
- push you up
Invisible
social Forces
Negative
Forces
- drag you down
Visible
Social Forces
Genetics/
Biology
Environment/
social-culture
29. Life is like a game of cards.
The hand you are dealt is
determinism;
the way you play it is
free will. - Jawaharlal Nehru
30. Some people bear three kinds of trouble –
the ones they've had,
the ones they have,
and the ones they expect to have.” - H. G. Wells
It is always the same: once you are liberated,
you are forced to ask who you are.” - Jean Baudrillard
Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by
a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in
torture. - Charles Horton Cooley
31. Individual
Foundations of Society Social Inequality
Social Institutions Social Change
1.The Economic & work
2.Politics & Government
3.Family
4.Religion
5.Education
6.Health and Medicine
1.Population, Urbanization and
Environment
2.Collective Behavior
and Social Movements
3.Social Change:Traditional,
Modern, and Postmodern
societies
Individual and Social Forces
1. Culture/Society
2. Socialization
3. Social Interaction in Everyday life
4. Groups & Organization
5. Deviance
1. Social and Global Stratification
2. Social Stratification in the U.S.
3. Gender Stratification
4. Race and Ethnicity
5. Aging and the Elderly
33. Many mind-eyes to open!
1. Seeing the general from the particular
2. Seeing the strange from the familiar
3. Seeing personal life choices from
the social contexts
4. Seeing the crisis and the marginality
Sociological Perspectives
34. Many mind-eyes to open!
1. Seeing through from the structural-functional paradigm
2. Seeing through from the social conflict paradigm
3. Seeing through from the symbolic-interactional paradigm
Sociological Theories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnCJU6PaCio cracourse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9POR7YTww academic
35. Today’s Agenda
• What is Sociology?
• What are the origins of Sociology?
• Why do we study Sociology?
• What are the 4 major sociological perspectives?
- How to see through in stead of looking
• What are the 3 major sociological theories/paradigms?
The powerful analytical tools 3 paradigms/3 big mind/eyes.
• What are the 10 steps in sociological
investigation/research design?
• How to apply 3 mind/eyes (paradigms) to help us
think, act, and make better decisions?
43. Competencies ( required by state):
Upon successful completion of
this chapter you will able to:
Apply sociological
perspectives to current issues,
problems and/or institutions.
#1 Core Values:
Think critically; Enhance social interaction
44. A Definition of Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and
evaluating thinking with a view to improve it.
49. Puppets and Puppeteers
Who are puppets, puppeteers, or both?
Who is behind the screen?
Who writes the script?
What connects the puppets and puppeteers?
Why are the strings important and invisible to the viewers?
50. The first step towards Freedom
• “Unlike puppets, we have the
possibility of stopping in our
movement, looking up and
perceiving the machinery by which
we have been moved.
In this act lies the first step towards
freedom.”
---- Peter Berger
51. What is the most
important function of Sociology?
Most importantly, is to
connect the dots, see the hidden phenomena,
and be aware of the unintended consequences.
52.
53. Individual
Foundations of Society Social Inequality
Social Institutions Social Change
1.The Economic & work
2.Politics & Government
3.Family
4.Religion
5.Education
6.Health and Medicine
1.Population, Urbanization and
Environment
2.Collective Behavior
and Social Movements
3.Social Change:Traditional,
Modern, and Postmodern
societies
Individual and Social Forces
1. Culture/Society
2. Socialization
3. Social Interaction in Everyday life
4. Groups & Organization
5. Deviance
1. Social and Global Stratification
2. Social Stratification in the U.S.
3. Gender Stratification
4. Race and Ethnicity
5. Aging and the Elderly
55. Social Structures
History Biography
Individuals
How does sociology make your mind-eyes sharp and see things differently?
Capitalism. Representative Democracy. Religiosity, social class, Diverse population
Revolutionary war, waves
of immigration, wars
against Native Americans,
industrialization,
Slavery, Civil War,
Suffrage movement, WWI,
Union movement, Great
Depression, WWII, Civil
right movement, Korean
war, Vietnam war, oil
crunch, gulf wars, war on
Iraq…
Ascribed
(race,/ethnicity gender,
sexual orientation,
social class,
disability…etc) vs.
Achieved status;
Genetics vs.
Environment.
Family upbringing,
education, occupation,
peers, media…etc.
56. Classroom activities:
A General Critical Thinking Method to
examine an ideology/hegemonic ideology
• What is said?
• How it is said?
• Who says so?
• To whom it is said?
• For whose best interest?
• When it is said?
• Where it is said?
Examples:
Inquiries or counterpoints regarding the
definitions or understanding
57. Apply SEADS critical thinking model to
examine an ideology/hegemonic ideology
S- Identify sources (reliability, and validity)
E- Evidence (enough? objective?)
A- What are the assumptions
hidden behind that message?
D- What is the definition of the buzz words
or hot button issues in the message?
S- How biased? Slanted?
Classroom activities:
58. What can Sociology do to us?
1. A sharp third eye-
(Insightful observation)
2. A second clear mind-
(Critical thinking)
3. An extra warm heart-
(Humanistic Approach)
59. • The only good is knowledge and the
only evil is ignorance. – Socrates
• Information is the currency of
democracy. - Thomas Jefferson
• "The less you know, the more you
think you know, because you don't
know what you don't know."- Ray Stevens
• "Only when we know a little do we
know anything; doubt grows with
knowledge.“ - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
60. An informed, well-educated and alert
citizenry keeps a society healthy and safe.
• “Educate and inform the whole mass of the
people... They are the only sure reliance for the
preservation of our liberty.”
“Whenever the people are well-informed, they
can be trusted with their own government.”
- Thomas Jefferson
• Some problems are so complex that you have to
be highly intelligent and well informed just to be
undecided about them. - Dr. Laurence J. Peter
• “We believe that an informed citizenry will act for
life and not for death.” - Albert Einstein
61. “The technical component of
education focuses primary on
preparing students to become
economically productive citizens,
while the critical component of
education, in contrast, attempts
to expose students to multiple
and conflicting perspectives on
themselves and their society.”
– M. Gordon
78. How aware are you of safety
in your work setting?
• About 2.2 million people nationwide are
victims of crime, harassment, internal
conflicts and violence in the workplace each year
• Homicide accounts for 17% of all deaths in the
workplace.
• In 1997, 18 million cases were filed in U.S. courts at a
cost of $ 300 billion due to conflicts happened in the
workplace. 20% of executives’ time is spent in
litigation-related activities.
• More than 2/3 of employers provide no training
related to violence prevention.
---according to the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics and
NIOSH report.
79. An Example of Conflict Resolution
Strategy for the Use in the Work Setting
80. 3 Models of Mental Organization
Expressed in exclusive categories for purposes of theoretical clarity
The Uncritical Person
Admitting to a range of
sophistication
From black-white, simple,
awkward rationalizations to
highly sophisticated, creative,
and intellectually resourceful
egocentric and sociocentric
rationalizations
Admitting to a range of
developmental levels
From the fair-
mindedness that an
individual is able to
exercise to that of the
most profound thinkers
Critical thinking skills
internalized in the
service of balanced
truth, rationality,
autonomy and self
insight
Critical thinking skills
internalized in the service of
one’s vested interests and
desires
No Self-
Awareness
Self-
Awareness
The Self-Serving Critical
Person (Weak Sense)
The Fair-minded Critical
Person( strong sense)
No Self-
Awareness
Self-
Awareness
81. Sociology is more
than a mirror held to
reality,
but a hammer with
which to shape it.
What do you think?
82. ‘CQ + PQ > IQ’
That’s “Curiosity Quotient” plus
“Passion Quotient”
is greater than “Intelligent Quotient.”
-The World is Flat - by Thomas Friedman
83. Always remind yourself
• Think
• Start small.
• Act NOW!
Obstacles bring you opportunities and challenges!