Transparency in a University Introductory Course Made Simple

Abstract

This chapter per the authors discusses the use of a sociology assignment (Sociology in the News) that can be inserted into any course as a current events project. The authors address how the assignment began, the purpose of the assignment initially, and the changes that have been made over the past five years using TILT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching). The assignment is transferable to almost any subject, such as criminal justice, education, business, history, anthropology, demography, and others. The authors offer paragraph frames as a way for students to begin their writing of the assignment. The authors also address the steps/guidelines/sequence for the students' completion of the assignment and incorporate the course learning goals and outcomes from the Notion of Transparency of Lave and Wagner.