What is the sociological imagination

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Reference no: EM131666182 , Length: word count:1600

Assessment 1 - Details of the task

Each short piece will provide your response to a question, discussed in class, relating to the lecture topic and set reading for the week. Each short piece should be written in your own words. This task is designed to gradually develop your ability to engage with, think about, and write about the sociological concepts and materials we cover in the early topics of the unit. The task is also designed to develop your ability to draft, develop, and edit your work for submission.

Demonstrated engagement with unit content in lectures, tutes and set reading
Developing understanding of sociological ideas and concepts
Developing clear and effective written expression
Developing skills in editing and polishing
Developing appropriate use of academic language and conventions of referencing
Correctly submitted, proofread and free from errors

1. What can Sociology offer you for your understanding of your social world and for your future career (accounting student)

2. Which of these theoretical perspectives interest you the most? Why?

3. In What ways can Culture be both freedom and Constrains?

4. Do you think your experience in Socialisation and development of yourself has been different from your parents? Why and what ways?

5. In what ways in australia an unequal society?

Assessment 2: Short Essay

Details of the task

Drawing upon the lectures, readings and discussions from the early weeks of the unit, write a short essay presenting a thoughtful and informed response to one of the following questions:

Question 1. What is the sociological imagination? Draw on Willis's model to describe it, and explain how it can improve our understanding of our lives and our social world.

Question 2. Describe and discuss one or two of the major sociological theoretical perspectives.

Question 3. Is what ways is Australian society equal or unequal? Discuss with reference to inequalities of class OR gender OR ethnicity.

The short essay builds upon the thinking and writing completed during the first assessment task, and will be marked according to the following criteria:

Demonstrated engagement with unit content from lectures, tutorials and set reading
Developing understanding of sociological ideas and concepts
Developing clear and effective written expression
Developing use of essay and paragraph structure
Developing appropriate use of academic language and conventions
Correctly submitted, proofread and free from errors

Lecture Slides and Assignment Files -

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lksruzkfdf15htp/Socialogy%20Assignment%20Files.rar?dl=0

Reference no: EM131666182

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len1666182

10/2/2017 6:47:18 AM

Australian student, Assessment 1 - 850 words and Assessment 2 - 750 words total 1600 words. Each short piece will provide your response to a question, discussed in class, relating to the lecture topic and set reading for the week. This task is designed to gradually develop your ability to engage with, think about, and write about the sociological concepts and materials we cover in the early topics of the unit. The task is also designed to develop your ability to draft, develop, and edit your work for submission. Demonstrated engagement with unit content covered in lectures, tutorial discussions and set reading. Developing understanding of sociological ideas and concepts and Correctly submitted, proofread and free from errors.

len1666182

10/2/2017 6:47:13 AM

Questions for the pieces will be provided each week in lectures, and writing and editing opportunities will be included in workshop activities. Your completed pieces should be submitted to the relevant VU Collaborate Dropbox by 9 pm on each due date. Short pieces should be submitted as Word documents, in 11 or 12 font, and 1.5 or double spaced. Each piece needs to have your name, student number, assignment number and question or topic indicated on a cover page as the first page of the document.

len1666182

10/2/2017 6:47:06 AM

Assignments should be carefully proofread prior to submission. Your completed Short Essay should be submitted to the relevant VU Collaborate Dropbox by 9 pm on the due date. Once you submit your essay, you will be able to see Originality Report (via Turnitin), which you can use to improve your essay based on the report. You will be able to submit multiple files per submission and submit your files more than once.

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