| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASS22001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
社会学方法論演習 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
シャカイガクホウホウロンエンシュウ |
Subject Name in
English |
Seminar in Studies in Sociological Method |
| Instructor |
SHIN JAEYOUL |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
シン ゼヨル |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, First Semester, 1Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1T) Tues1-4：IAS A704 |
| Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
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Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
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Sociology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Methodology, Critical thinking |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Understand sociological thinking
Understand sociological methodology
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| Class Schedule |
lesson1 Introduction and Orientation
lesson2 Explanation about textbook, Distribution of materials and decision of the order of presentation for the class
lesson3 Sociological Thinking(1)
lesson4 Sociological Thinking(2)
lesson5 Quantitative method and Qualitative method (1)
lesson6 Quantitative method and Qualitative method (2)
lesson7 Critical realism (1)
lesson8 Critical realism(2)
lesson9 The sociological imagination (1)
lesson10 The sociological imagination (2)
lesson11 The sociological imagination (3)
lesson12 The sociological imagination (4)
lesson13 The sociological imagination (5)
lesson14 The sociological imagination (6)
lesson15 Wrap-up |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
[Text Book]
1. C.W. Mills “The sociological imagination”
2. Ko Nomura “Methods and Methodology in Social Research [In Japanese]”
[Reference literature]
1. Walter Scheidel “The Great Leveler”
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PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
submitting and presentation a resume in each class.
Resume contents: (1) Summary of text, (2) suggest the debate topic
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| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Final report(40%), A resume in each class(40%), Discussion(20%) |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |