THINK Sociology - Softcover

Carl, John D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131754599 ISBN 13: 9780131754591

Verlag: Pearson, 2011

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Book by Carl John D

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OVERALL "Scholarly and readable." George Wilson University of Miami "Clarity of expressions, excellent writing style, and the use of current examples that students and faculty can easily relate to." Francis Adeola University of New Orleans VISUAL DESIGN "Today's students are visual learners. [This text] contains the best visuals I've seen in a sociology textbook." Maria Jose Tenuto College of Lake County "User-friendly" Hua-Lun Huang University of Louisiana - Lafayette "Much information is provided in a digestible format." Maria Jose Tenuto College of Lake County CURRENT & POPULAR CULTURE EXAMPLES "I was impressed with the current popular culture references and examples." Maria Jose Tenuto College of Lake County "A lot of current events....Real live examples helps the student. I think that this text is very well done." Candace Shivers Mount Wachusett Community College "I was amazed at how current the events were." Cindy Epperson St. Louis Community College "I can visualize my students engaged in interesting conversations and actually reading the book!" Cindy Epperson St. Louis Community College "His use of media examples and international examples woven with theory and/or methods is effective in giving life to the text." Mike Hirsch Huston Tillotson University CONTENT "Nicely gets at tension between individual and extra-individual dynamics in shaping attitude and position in society." George Wilson University of Miami "I really like the discussion of the sociological imagination, the author does a very good job of bringing the world into the student's classroom." A.J. Jacobs East Carolina University "Solid global references" Rita Sakitt Suffolk County Community College CONNECTING SOCIOLOGY AND THE WORLD "This text provides a sense of real world engagement to theoretical concepts." Anita Gardner Cleveland Community College "I like the focus on the application of theoretical perspectives." Danielle Ficco Westminster College " This book is easy to read and...demonstrates how the classroom is a microcosm of the larger world in which we live, work, and play." Ronald Penton Gulf Coast Community College "Good job of coming up with real life examples and brings the world into the book." Brook Strahn-Koller Kirkwood Community College SERVICE LEARNING "I would certainly recommend this textbook to anyone who has or will integrate service-learning as part of their curriculum." Anita Gardner Cleveland Community College GLOBALIZATION "The author brought a globalized approach." Sheldon Helfing College of the Canyons

Reseña del editor:

THINK Currency THINK Relevancy THINK Sociology With an engaging visual design, 15 page chapters, and readings from popular trade titles, THINK Sociology is the introductory Sociology text your students will read. THINK Sociology is informed with the latest research and the most contemporary examples, allowing you to bring current events directly into your classroom with little additional work. An engaging visual design developed with the benefit of extensive student feedback will engage your students and deliver the core concepts of Sociology in a way that they can actually understand. The groundbreaking instructor supplements package will help you bring the core concepts of Sociology to life, without burdening your students with heavy, too dense and too expensive learning solutions. Thinkspot, the text's open access website, provides students with a large resource of tools to help them achieve a better grade.

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• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0131754599
• ISBN 13: 9780131754591
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312