Handouts will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a list of concerns and example strategies or assignments currently used. The goal of this workshop is to help instructors develop both undergraduate and graduate level courses on the Sociology of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. In addition to sharing syllabi, active learning exercises, and writing assignments, panelists will discuss use of a class homepage and internet resources on alcohol and drug use, and also public access data sets for student research on alcohol and drugs. This workshop explores some of the dynamic trends in sociology of children and current methods being used to teach this material.
Presenters represent a range of institutional settings and course levels.
They will discuss the various goals and objectives for their courses. The workshop will focus on integrating materials and assignments that meet these various goals and objectives.