Mastering Sociology (Mysoclab) - Softcover

Henslin, James; Henslin, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205206743 ISBN 13: 9780205206742

Publisher: Pearson, 2014

Synopsis

Get Closer. Your Course. Your Way.

 

A vibrant new learning program designed to engage students every step of the way with a modular approach and a dynamic digital experience. Mastering Sociology provides a friendly and accessible introduction to the discipline.

MySocLab for Mastering Sociology features engaging student learning experiences including an interactive eText, the New Core Concepts Video Series, and the New Social Explorer.

 

This text is available in a variety of formats — digital and print. Pearson offers its titles on the devices students love through Pearson’s MyLab products, CourseSmart, Amazon, and more.

 

Teaching & Learning Experience

This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. Here’s how:

• Personalize Learning – MySocLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance.
• Improve Critical Thinking – The author encourages students throughout the program to pause and consider how their own life experiences are influenced by society. This personal approach helps students think critically and make sociological connections to the world around them.
• Understand the Concepts – Designed as a modular program, chapters are divided into short and easy to read modules that begin with learning objectives and conclude with self-assessment.
• Engage Students – Each chapter contains student perspectives videos featuring students sharing their experiences and thoughts on sociological topics and issues.
• Explore Research – Social Explorer activities connect with topics from the text , engaging students with data visualizations, comparisons of change over time, and data localized to their communities.
• Support Instructors – MySocLab, Instructor’s eText, Instructor’s Manual, Test Item File, Electronic “MyTest” Test Bank, PowerPoint Presentation Slides, and Pearson Custom course material are available.  

1256606014 / 9781256606017 Mastering Sociology Plus NEW MySocLab with eText -- Access Card Package

Package consists of:   

0205206530 / 9780205206537 NEW MySocLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card   

1256606006 / 9781256606000 Mastering Sociology

 

 

About this title

About the Author:

James M. Henslin, who was born in Minnesota, graduated from high school and junior college in California and from college in Indiana. Awarded scholarships, he earned his Master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After this, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health, and spent a year studying how people adjust to the suicide of a family member. His primary interests in sociology are the sociology of everyday life, deviance, and international relations. Among his numerous books are Sociology: A-Down-to-Earth Approach (Allyn & Bacon, available in three versions); Social Problems (Allyn & Bacon); and Down-to-Earth   Sociology: Introductory Readings (Free Press). He has also published widely in sociology journals, including Social Problems and American Journal of Sociology.

 

While a graduate student, Jim Henslin taught at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. After completing his doctorate, he joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where he is Professor Emeritus of Sociology. His two favorite activities are writing and traveling. He especially enjoys visiting and living in other cultures, for this brings him face to face with behaviors and ways of thinking that he cannot take for granted, experiences that “make sociological principles come alive.”

Review:

Thank you to the following reviewers:

 

Karen Done	Coahoma Community College
Karl Wielgus	Anoka Ramsey Community College
Dr. William Kimberlin	Lorain County Community College
Brooke Strahn-Koller	Kirkwood Community College
Connie Veldink	Everett Community College
Sara Fisch	Scottsdale Community College
Michele Marion	paradise valley community college
Marta Henriksen	Central New Mexico Community College
Patricia Gleich	Pensacola State College
Mona Scott	Mesa Community College

"The writing is superb. Clarity is wonderful. It also covers a lot of ground without losing the reader."

-Karl Wielgus, Anoka Ramsey Community College

 

"The writing is clear and engaging. The author speaks directly to the reader in a friendly and encouraging way. The concepts are explained well in a straightforward way, with good examples."

-Connie Veldink, Everett Community College

 

"Not only is the writing style engaging, but the design contributes to engaging the reader."

-Karen Done, Coahoma Community College

 

"I like how the chapters in the book are broken down into separate units and then grouped together. I think this allows the students to see what they can expect to learn throughout the course and the book, as well as making it easier to deliver the material to them."

- Dr. William Kimberlin, Lorain County Community College

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0205206743
• ISBN 13: 9780205206742
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 600