2006/04/01 by Adam Rafalovich · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice #Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences #Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory #Sociology #Anomie #Epistemology #Mathematics education #Psychology #Philosophy
paper · doi:10.1177/0092055x0603400206
openalex publication_date 2006/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This essay adds to the discussion of the assignment of breaching experiment in two ways. First, it outlines specific instructions (for teacher and students) that are absent or not explained thoroughly in the literature. Described in more detail below are some assignment guidelines I have found valuable for effective social breaching. Second, this paper offers an example of how a breaching assignment brings abstract sociological concept down-to-Earth for students. I provide a description of a highly effective breach I call waiting-in-line that I incorporate into a classroom discussion of Robert K. Merton's concept of anomie.