Typology of Sociology Teaching Patterns (Case Study: Lived Experiences of Professors and Students of Tehran's State Universitiesand Higher Education Institutes)

The aim of this qualitative research was to identify the sociology teaching patterns and the statistical population of this study was state universities and higher education institutes in Tehran. We collected data by using purposive and theoretical methods and doing semi-structured interviews with 31 sociology Ph.D. students and professors. The research findings revealed that actors in sociology in the population of interest use five different patterns of sociology teaching in the classrooms and educational environment which are as follows: classical, critical, practical, social, and behavioral. The findings also demonstrate that a mixed and ambiguous pattern is being formed.