THINK Marriages and Families - Softcover

Kunz, Jenifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205182615 ISBN 13: 9780205182619

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

Synopsis

THINK Currency. THINK Relevancy. THINK Marriages and Families.

 

THINK Marriages and Families  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 extensive student feedback and 15 page chapters makes THINK Marriages and Families the textbook your students will actually read. This student-friendly text delivers the core concepts of Marriages and Families in a way they can easily understand.

  

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• Improve Critical Thinking – Chapter organization follows a three-step process that presents the topic, encourages students to think theoretically, and uncovers marriage in action.
• Engage Students – Real life examples and discussions help students apply what they learn.
•  Explore Theory – Three main sociological paradigms are discussed visually through an infographic in every chapter.
• Understand Diversity – Global comparisons are found in every chapter within a designated feature box.
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About this title

From the Back Cover

THINK Currency
THINK Relevancy "THINK Marriages and Families" "
" With a magazine design, 15 page chapters, and chapter openers about popular movies, "THINK Marriages and Families" is the Marriage and Family text your students will read. "THINK Marriages and Families "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. A magazine design developed with the benefit of extensive student feedback will engage your students and deliver the core concepts for the Marriage and Family course 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.

About the Author

Jenifer Kunz is a Professor of Sociology at West Texas A&M University where she has taught since 1993.  She currently serves as the Department Head for the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work.  She received her Ph.D. from Brigham Young University in 1994. She has made several scholarly presentations about the family on the national and international level and her articles and publications have appeared in many academic journals and books. Dr. Kunz has received numerous awards for teaching and has been an international visiting professor several times at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada for the Department of Sociology. She has also served as a consultant and a facilitator for various government and independent agencies. She is actively involved in the community and mentoring.  Dr. Kunz's areas of specialization include marriage and the family. She is a member of many professional associations and academic organizations that focus on the family. She has a special interest on the effects of divorce on children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0205182615
• ISBN 13: 9780205182619
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336