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Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change, 5/E
Dr. Mary Ann A. Schwartz, (Professor Emeritus) Northeastern Illinois University
Dr. BarBara Marliene Scott, Northeastern Illinois University

ISBN-10: 0132287692
ISBN-13: 9780132287692

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 640 pp
Published: 11/20/2006

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For undergraduate courses in Marriages & Families found in departments of Sociology and Psychology.  Also found in departments of Child and Family Studies, Human Development, and Human Ecology.

 

Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change empowers and challenges students to examine their personal belief systems and societal views to make informed choices and decisions about their own marriage, family and intimate relationships.  Within an engaging narrative, the text addresses the many issues facing marriages and families today, and provides many opportunities for the student to consider and apply the material they are learning in the course to their own lives.

How do you get your students to apply the material in the course to their own lives?  How do you get your students to see the relevance of the material to their own lives?

 

In The News (p.91-92) - Each chapter begins with a timely news story and ask students what they would do if they were in that situation.

 

In-Text Questions (p. 93) - Questions ask students to consider from their own perspective material just presented or material yet to come.

 

In Other Places features (p. 98) – shows how marriages and families concepts are different and similar across cultures.  Asks students to consider the differences, and identify their own viewpoints.

 

Writing Your Own Script features (p. 109; p. 121) – A focused activity that invites students to develop a personal diary of their thoughts and feelings as they move through the course.  Helps students reflect on their own life choices. 

 

Strengthening Marriages and Families features–Features a question-and-answer format with family therapist Joan Zientek.  Shows students how family therapy can help family members resolve problems.

 

Family Profile features–Profiles of real people examining major challenges in their relationships.  Serves as a good basis for students to examine their own attitudes and values.

 

NEW - Internet Resources: Applying the Sociological Imagination (p. 100) - directs students to visit specific websites, reflect on the material, explore the issue and come to conclusions.

 

NEW - Debating Social Issues features– (p. 114-115)  - discusses policy initiatives in the areas of marriage and family life and presents both sides of critical issues.  Familiarizes students with the political and legal aspects of the field and ask them their opinion.

Chapter 1: Marriages and Families Over Time

 

Chapter 2:  Ways of Studying and Explaining Marriages and Families

 

Chapter 3:  Understanding Gender: Its Influence in Intimate Relationships

 

Chapter 4:  The Many Faces of Love

 

Chapter 5: Dating, Coupling, and Mate Selection

 

Chapter 6: Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

 

Chapter 7: Living Single, Living with Others: Nonmarital Lifestyles

 

Chapter 8: The Marriage Experience

 

Chapter 9: Reproduction and Parenting

 

Chapter 10: Evolving Work and Family Structures

 

Chapter 11: Power, Abuse, and Violence in Intimate Relationships

 

Chapter 12: The Process of Uncoupling: Divorce in the United States

 

Chapter 13: Remarriage and Remarried Families

 

Chapter 14: Marriages and Families in Later Life

 

Chapter 15: Marriages and Families in the Twenty-First Century: U.S. and World Trends

  • Blackboard TIF, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Book | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132287730 | ISBN-13: 9780132287739


  • Companion WebSite - Schwartz, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132293390 | ISBN-13: 9780132293396
    URL: http://www.prenhall.com/schwartz


  • Instructor's Resource and Testing Manual, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 480 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132287706 | ISBN-13: 9780132287708

    Instructor's Resource and Testing Manual, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement;480 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132287706 | ISBN-13: 9780132287708

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  • TestGen-EQ, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Software | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132287714 | ISBN-13: 9780132287715

    TestGen-EQ, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Software | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132287714 | ISBN-13: 9780132287715

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  • WebCT TIF, 5/E
    Schwartz
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Book | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132287749 | ISBN-13: 9780132287746


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