Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Moss, who has been selected as a recipient of the Carleton University Experiential Learning Fund (CUELF) for her project on developing a new sociology course in education, Teaching Sociology to High School Students (SOCI 3210). With this project, Dr. Moss is providing students at Carleton University with an opportunity to present an interactive student-led sociology lecture to high school grade 11/12 social science classes in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB).
Carleton students will refer to the Ontario Curriculum for Social Sciences & Humanities to guide student presentations by building upon curricular content, reinforcing sociological concepts and themes presented in classes, and provide a flavour of what sociology looks like at the undergraduate level. One of the benefits is that sociology students gain experience teaching OCDSB students (another skill to add to their cuPortfolio and teaching dossier), and OCDSB students have sociological concepts reinforced and learn more about sociology at the undergraduate post-secondary level.