- •“Approved”
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Traditional and modern social institutions: a comparative analysis
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Virtual reality as a social phenomenon of the Information Society
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Historical forms of social stratification: a comparative analysis
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. The discussions about the concept of "class" in contemporary sociology
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Global inequality and macro levels micro-sociological
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Social mobility in the soviet society in the twentieth century: from the revolution of 1917 to 1990
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. General and specific in the development of Kazakh society in the context of globalization
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. The oligarchs as a social stratum in modern Russian-Kazakh societies
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. The image of the Kazakh President in the minds of Kazakhs
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Features of socialization elderly
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Prospects for the development of modern sociology
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. The dynamics of the processes of adaptation of Kazakhs to the reforms of the 1990s
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. The reforms of the 1990s and early 2000s in the minds of Kazakhs: a comparative analysis of trends
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. The perception of terrorism in modern Kazakhstan: global, national and regional particularities
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
- •2. Global crisis in the perception of modern sociology
- •You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
- •Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
- •After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
2. Prospects for the development of modern sociology
Discipline: «Sociology»
Project staff: students of first course
Presentation form: mini project
Deadline:
The number of students involved in the project: 5-7 students.
Types of work on the project: research, analysis, synthesis, total
The use of technology for the project: a computer, cameras, video, political map, illustrations, etc.
The main aim of the project - To study modern methods and techniques of sociology
Tasks of the project:
- to disclose the actual problems of theoretical and applied sociology
- to show the difference and unity in the methods of research of theoretical and applied sociology
- to form a holistic attitude to the application Sociological Methods and Research in Social Work
- to learn the specifics of the current state of sociological analysis
The structure of the project:
You should work out one social problem for your sociological research abiding by the steps of sociological process (starting from defining a problem, finishing by controlling other factors).
Reporting and protecting it with presentation on Power Point. It is obligatory for all.
After doing it, please write short abstract answering to these questions:
List and explain the basic steps in your research process
Describe the difficulties that you encountered in defining a problem
Define and give an example of operational definitions from your sociological project
Give reasons why you reviewed especially this literature on this social problem
Define and give an example of variables from your sociological research
Explain why you used this definite method(s) for gathering data
Please, when you are doing your sociological projects try to rest on such criteria and parameters of assessment. It will help you to get excellent marks. Note the fact that students of your groups will also be participating in evaluation process.
Teacher’s criteria of evaluation.
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Criteria and parameters
Evaluation (10-20 points)
The relevance of the project theme and its correspondence to the profile of the future specialty
2.
Appropriate formulation of aims and tasks of the project
3.
The logical exposition and reasoning and the conclusion
4.
Practical applied significance of the project, the usage of the visual-aids
5.
Linguistically correct (the range of vocabulary and grammar)
Students can get from a teacher such total points: 50-minimum, 100 -maximum
Student’s criteria of evaluation (Students will also participate in a process of evaluation being members of commission)
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Criteria and parameters
Evaluation (10-20 points)
Topic actuality (topicality)
Using facts and numbers
3.
Logical conclusion
4.
Practical applied significance of the project, the usage of the visual-aids
5.
Answers to the questions
Students can get from members of student commission such total points: 50-minimum, 100 -maximum
Minimum Total (Teacher’s points + Students’ points) = 50+50=100 points/2=50 points,
Maximum Total (Teacher’s points + Students’ points): 100+100=200 points/2=100 points.
The recommended literature
David Popenoe. Sociology, 1977
Richard T.Shaefer. Sociology, 1988
Jean Stockard. Sociology. Discovering society, 1991
Contemporary Society. An introduction to Social science. 6 edition. John A.Perry, Erna K.Perry, 1993
Sociology: An introduction. Book by Neil J.Smelser, 1967
Sociology: The Basics. Book by Martin Albrow, 1999
KAZAKH ABLAI KHAN UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AND WORLD LANGUAGES
FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
CHAIR OF REGIONAL STUDIES
Head of chair _______________
Candidate of political sciences N. Adilchanuly
Scientific consultant: Aliya Kaliyeva
Project themes: 1. The dynamics of social change in traditional, industrial and postindustrial societies