Sociology as Pedagogy: How Ideas from the Discipline Can Inform Teaching and Learning

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-317

  Halasz, Judith R ^a   Kaufman, Peter ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 55749096580     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0803600401     Document Type: Review

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