Teaching Social Sciences through Ethnophotography

Teaching Graduate Students in the Social Sciences Writing for Publication

Writing requires reflective thinking that takes time. Yet, our technological society has speeded up the pace of our everyday lived experience. This article describes a systematic method developed by two tenured faculty at geographically distant universities to demystify the process of professional academic writing. Using action research as method, the authors have devised steps to help graduate...

A field guide for teaching evolution in the social sciences

Article history: Initial receipt 22 January 2017 12 January 2018 Final revision received 19 January 2018 Available online xxxx The theory of evolution by natural selection has begun to revolutionize our understanding of perception, cognition, language, social behavior, and cultural practices. Despite the centrality of evolutionary theory to the social sciences, many students, teachers, and even...

Book Review: The University Teaching of Social Sciences: Law

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Mendeley: Teaching Scholarly Communication and Collaboration through Social Networking

Teaching Mendeley achieves the impossible – it gets users excited to learn about organizing and citing their research articles. However, introducing Mendeley to students and faculty goes well beyond assisting them with organizing their references. Students are particularly apt to see the benefits that its social networking features offer, including promoting collaboration, identifying key resou...