Telecourse Guide Exploring Society: Introduction to Sociology for Andersen/Taylor's Sociology: The Essentials

by Margaret L. Andersen, Howard F. Taylor, Jane A. Penny

This Telecourse Guide for Andersen & Taylor's THE ESSENTIALS, 4th Edition is designed to accompany the "Exploring Introduction to Sociology" telecourse produced by DALLAS TeleLearning of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). This Telecourse Guide provides the essential integration of videos and text, providing students with valuable resources designed to direct their daily study in the "Exploring Society" telecourse. Each chapter of the Telecourse Guide contains a lesson that corresponds to each of the 22 video segments in the "Exploring Society" telecourse. Each lesson includes the following Overview, Lesson Assignment, Lesson Goal, Lesson Learning Objectives, Review, Lesson Focus Points, Related Activities, Practice Tests, and an Answer Key.

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2006

About the author

Margaret Andersen is professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Delaware. She is the author of THINKING ABOUT WOMEN: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEX AND GENDER; SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING A DIVERSE SOCIETY (with Howard F. Taylor); SOCIOLOGY: THE ESSENTIALS (with Howard F. Taylor); UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY: READINGS IN SOCIOLOGY (with Kim A. Logio and Howard F. Taylor); and SOCIAL PROBLEMS (with Frank R. Scarpitti and Laura L. O'Toole). She is the former president of the Eastern Sociological Society and has served as the editor of Gender and Society. She is the recipient of the University of Delaware's Excellence in Teaching Award and is one of three faculty members who recently received a grant from the Hewlett Foundation to transform undergraduate education through the development of new introductory level courses across the curriculum. She has recently served as Dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University of Delaware, where she is also the former Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. She currently serves as Acting Chair of the National Advisory Board for the Stanford University Center for Comparative Study in Race and Ethnicity.