Think Marriages & Families Census Update

by Jenifer Kunz

"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. Teaching & Learning Experience
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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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321 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2010

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a textbook and with that it is everything a textbook is: verbose, uninteresting at times, professional, chock full of information.
The biggest complaint we had, as a class, was the content. Kunz, in discussing various theories, depicts a very cookie cutter world and we found that the book did not represent marriage and family as it actually is. I wonder if there are more modern ideals that needed to be discussed. The pictures also seemed very outdated.
If you are a sociologist at heart this will be a fine read for you.

[Victoria]

I had to read this for my marriage and family sociology class this year. It wasn’t bad, just out of date. I also felt like the format was a little hard to focus on. However, I did like that it wasn’t a stereotypical dusty heavy old textbook.

[Sylvia Berg · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought for a textbook it was more interesting than many, however some information in it is outdated mostly relating to laws on gay marriages. Apart from that it wasn't bad at all.