Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Creative Book Review

Students are presented with a list of texts that relate (to greater or lesser extents) to salient themes covered throughout the course, from which they must select a text to write a creative book review . In SOCY2220 these have included a combination of applied academic and empirical works, as well as opinionative or narrative publications from scholars of popular culture. The 1000 word review could contain commentary on a variety of elements, including an overview of key themes discussed in the book (and their significance to the course content and/or discipline); the style and purpose of the book; its strengths and weaknesses; and intended audience/s or recommend readership. Overall, students should aim to reflect on the effectiveness of different forms of writing in engaging complex theories and ideas. This applied task also encourages active learning by presenting students with a somewhat unfamiliar stimulus to which they need to creatively respond. Source texts can vary (or may even include multi-modal options, similar to the Film Critique task employed in Peter Walters' delivery of SOCY1050), but should be able to be easily read in the duration of the course, so as to allow for optimal use of the teaching and learning p review . In SOCY2220 these have included a combination of applied academic and empirical works, as well as opinionative or narrative publications from scholars of popular culture. The 1000 word review could contain commentary on a variety of elements, including an overview of key themes discussed in the book (and their significance to the course content and/or discipline); the style and purpose of the book; its strengths and weaknesses; and intended audience/s or recommend readership. Overall, students should aim to reflect on the effectiveness of different forms of writing in engaging complex theories and ideas. This applied task also encourages active learning by presenting students with a somewhat unfamiliar stimulus to which they need to creatively respond. Source texts can vary (or may even include multi-modal options, similar to the Film Critique task employed in Peter Walters' delivery of SOCY1050), but should be able to be easily read in the duration of the course, so as to allow for optimal use of the teaching and learning period.