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(More customer reviews)This is a required "textbook" for my son's Sociology class. All I can say is that I am appalled at the way colleges and publishers take advantage of a captive student audience. This is essentially a magazine -- paper covers & thin, slick pages -- a horribly overpriced magazine. Inside, my son's first impression is that it is superficial and designed more for lightweight entertainment than serious education. He's now skeptical his class will be of much value, not the best way to start a new semester.
So beware. Unfortunately, if this is required by your professor, you're stuck with it. You can only hope he or she supplements it with something more substantive.
(If my son's opinion improves as he actually uses this in class, I will update the review.)
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McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with students from across the nation to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content.
SOC, updated annually, offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. New to the 2011 edition is the inclusion of an adaptive learning system and interactivities to help students master key concepts.SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination to see the world through a different lens.
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