SSSP 2025 Annual Meeting
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 049: WORKS IN PROGRESS: ”Bring Your Own Brilliance”: Sharing our Ideas That Have Been Successful in Teaching
Room: Marshfield Room
Sponsor: Teaching Social Problems
Organizers: Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University
Janelle M. Pham, Oglethorpe University
Description: In this session, presenters are invited to bring their most innovative and successful teaching strategies, techniques, and ideas to the floor. Participants can share insights, experiences, and best practices that have enhanced learning in their higher education classes. Presenter could showcase their unique approaches, from engaging pedagogical methods, creative use of technology, strategies for ensuring inclusivity and supporting student well-being, to writing practices to improve the class's contents. This session is an excellent opportunity to learn from each other's brilliance and build a collective resource of teaching excellence. Participants can be seasoned educators or junior scholars who desire to share their experiences.
Roundtable #1 Title: WORKS IN PROGRESS: ”Bring Your Own Brilliance”: Sharing our Ideas That Have Been Successful in Teaching
Presider & Discussant:
Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University
Papers:
“A Process-oriented Approach to Teaching Critical Thinking in Sociological Criminology,” Jacqueline Johnson, Adelphi University
“AI Challenges: Artificial Intelligence vs. Authentic Insights,” Ronald E. Bulanda, Miami University
“The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good: The Enduring Value of Textbooks,” Ira Silver, Framingham State University
“The Power of Storytelling: A Creative Tool for Faculty, Scholars, and Students in Navigating Academia,” Meghna Bhat, Independent Scholar and Consultant
“Upending Virtual Learning Spaces: Community Engagement, Critical Consciousness, and Project-based Learning in Online Social Problems Classes,” Sara Sutler-Cohen, Independent Scholar
