SOSC 1340 Chapter : Summary of "Lectures" (Foundations, p16-p36)

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1340
• Professor: Kean Birch

Document Summary

Task: read and summarize pages 16-36 of foundations (2005, 2nd edition) by shea and whitla. Lectures require critical listening and note-taking skills, which students can achieve by actively participating in lectures and seminars. Lectures can be divided into three main components: an introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction often contains a summary of ideas or themes to be covered in the lecture, as well as connections with previous lectures that show developing patterns and suggest overall course themes. The conclusion draws the lecture to a close, where the lecturer may choose to recap important take-home topics covered in the lecture and assign readings or give information about the next lecture. Being an active listener is a tough skill to learn, but it can be achieved through a series of interim processes and steps that help lead to overall better academic understanding of presented materials.