Sociological and Instructional Design Readings

<p>The anthology <em>Sociological and Instructional Design Readings</em> provides students and instructors with carefully selected readings that introduce them to sociological and instructional design-based ways of thinking. The articles demonstrate how behavior is influenced at the individual and group level and how these behaviors impact learning society and globalized behavior.<br /><br />The reader is organized topically into ten distinctive sections and features articles by both sociologists and instructional designers that explain expand upon and strengthen various sociological theories concepts and perspectives. Opening sections introduce sociology as an area of study familiarize students with research methods used within the discipline and offer an overview of fundamental social theories. Latter sections explore designing learning materials through the lens of instructional design where learning is defined by end goals and the objectives of one’s instruction separate from teaching the subject matter in advance of understanding the needs of the learner.<br /><br />Students read thought-provoking pieces about social stratification social movements and gender race social media education and politics. The process of how to analyze learning needs and goals as well as the development of a delivery system to meet those needs using instructional design and technology is covered. Face-to-face blended and virtual approaches are discussed as ways to be more efficient effective and appealing to learners.<br /><br /><em>Sociological and Instructional Design Readings</em> is an ideal supplementary resource for foundational courses in sociology and education.</p><p><strong>Ron Shamwell</strong> is a professor in the Department of Social Science at the Community College of Philadelphia. Ron holds MSW and M.Ed. degrees in social administration and instructional design from Temple University and Capella University. He’s certified in DE using BB E-Commerce Bronze and Gold-Canvas LSM and other areas of expertise including learning design architecture technology learning devices social media use in education sociology and development.</p>