Katherine Rowell

Hobson's Choice: A Game Simulation about Homelessness part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Simulations:Examples
Hobson's choice is a game about homelessness and how difficult it is to get off the streets and leave the situation of homelessness.It is a useful learning activity for helping students understand the differences between blaming the victim and structural causes of poverty.

Population Simulator part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Simulations:Examples
This simulation uses United Nations world population projections to simulate future population trends for the whole world or of individual countries. Students will have an opportunity to examine population trends and make predictions.

What works well? part of Supporting Community College Faculty Across the Disciplines:Fall 2012 Workshop:Essays
An essay page discussing effective teaching support for community college faculty, highlighting leadership opportunities and inclusive practices within the American Sociological Association's Section on Teaching and Learning.

Katherine Rowell part of Supporting Community College Faculty Across the Disciplines:Fall 2012 Workshop:Participant Profiles
This is a participant profile page from the "Supporting Community College Faculty Across the Disciplines" workshop (Fall 2012), featuring Katherine Rowell, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Sociology Professor at Sinclair Community College, highlighting her background, teaching philosophy centered on service learning and civic engagement, NSF-funded pedagogical projects in quantitative literacy and data analysis, and her contributions to curriculum development and assessment in sociology education.

Katherine Rowell part of Supporting Community College Faculty Across the Disciplines:Fall 2012 Workshop:Participant Profiles
A participant profile page for Katherine Rowell, a sociology professor and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Sinclair Community College, highlighting her work in service learning, quantitative literacy, data analysis modules in STEM education, and her involvement in NSF-funded pedagogical projects to assess quantitative skills in sociology instruction.

Katherine Rowell part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
A personal profile page for Katherine Rowell, a sociology professor and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Sinclair Community College, highlighting her expertise in service learning, quantitative literacy, and NSF-funded pedagogical projects in economics and sociology education.