I analyze student submissions from a photography-based assignment in introductory sociology. In this exploratory study, I address the patterns found in student submissions in order to uncover what sociological concepts students observe in their everyday lives. My primary research question, therefore, is what do introductory sociology students see when they are given few guidelines as to what they “should” see? The intent of this research is to focus on what concepts students identify, not my interpretation of students’ meaning. Students identify a range of concepts, yet tend to focus on broad (e.g., norms) rather than specific (e.g., folkways) or abstract (e.g., sociological imagination) concepts. By analyzing student submissions across semesters, I can illuminate where students are successful and where they are struggling. Moreover, this analysis demonstrates that students are superficially meeting the standards of the assignment, but it is still unclear whether students are demonstrating a grasp of sociological knowledge or relying on pre-existing common-sense knowledge to complete the assignment.

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伪造社会学？：介绍性社会学学生摄影作业的内容分析

我分析了学生提交的社会学导论摄影作业。在这项探索性研究中，我探讨了学生提交的内容中发现的模式，以揭示学生在日常生活中观察到的社会学概念。因此，我的主要研究问题是，当社会学入门的学生几乎没有关于他们“应该”看到什么的指导时，他们会看到什么？这项研究的目的是关注学生识别的概念，而不是我对学生含义的解释。学生识别一系列概念，但往往关注广泛（例如，规范）而不是具体（例如，民俗）或抽象（例如，社会学想象）的概念。通过分析跨学期的学生提交，我可以阐明学生在哪些方面取得了成功以及他们在哪些方面遇到了困难。而且，