Dustin Kidd

Evaluation Summary – Fall 2014 – Development of Sociological Thought 10 evaluations out of 19 students Quantitative Feedback Item 1: I (the student) came well prepared for class. 3.5 Decline from 4.5 in Fall 2011. Item 2: The instructor clearly explained the educational objectives of this course. 4.7 Decline from 4.9 in Fall 2011. Item 3: The instructor was well organized and prepared for class. 4.9 Same score as 2014. Item 4: The instructor was conscientious in meeting class and office hour responsibilities. 4.8 Decline from 4.9 in Fall 2011. Item 5: The instructor promoted a classroom atmosphere in which I felt free to ask questions. 4.7 Decline from 5.0 in Fall 2011. Item 6: The instructor provided useful feedback about exams, projects, and assignments. 4.6 Decline from 4.6 in Fall 2011. Item 7: So far, the instructor has applied g...

  Evaluation Summary – Fall 2014 – Sociology of Popular Culture 44 evaluations out of 95 students Quantitative Feedback Item 1: I (the student) came well prepared for class. 4.3 Improvement from 4.1 in Spring 2014. Item 2: The instructor clearly explained the educational objectives of this course. 4.8 Improvement from 4.7 in Spring 2014. Item 3: The instructor was well organized and prepared for class. 4.9 Same score as 2014. Item 4: The instructor was conscientious in meeting class and office hour responsibilities. 4.7 Improvement from 4.6 in Spring 2014. Item 5: The instructor promoted a classroom atmosphere in which I felt free to ask questions. 4.7 Improvement from 4.6 in Spring 2014. Item 6: The instructor provided useful feedback about exams, projects, and assignments. 4.5 Improvement from 4.3 in Spring 2014. Item 7...

I had 10 students in this course. We read several selections from a range of theorists. The usual three were included: Marx, Weber, Durkheim. I also included Comte, Spencer, Tocqueville, Du Bois, Beatrice Potter Webb, Marianne Weber, Mead, and Blumer. Students took turns facilitating class discussion. Students chose a contemporary topic and wrote a paper applying the work of at least 3 classical theorists to that topic. They wrote the paper in the following stages: 1) Secondary lit review 2) Primary lit review (the actual theorists) 3) Argument 4) First Draft 5) Final Draft Students also had a funny little final exam that I gave them. It was actually distributed on day 1. It was a list of 40 names and terms that they should know as part of their sociological cultural capital. They had to write an explanation for each, citing their source, and not using the same source for more than 5 items. To process the evaluations, I made 3 columns on a sheet of paper, labeled: Pros, Cons, S...