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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Introductory Psychology 2e
Rose M. Spielman, William J. Jenkins, Marilyn D. Lovett et al. · OpenStax
In the contents: 12: Social Psychology · 12.01: Prelude to Social Psychology · 12.02: What Is Social Psychology
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Succeeding at Your Internship
Christopher J. Mruk & John C. Moor · Bowling Green State University
This text is a structured narrative about basic practical topics, such as finding an internship, getting started there, making effective use of supervision, understanding ethics, appreciating cultural diversity, becoming competent, and completing the internship. The text includes descriptions, suggestions, and exercises. It may be used as either a primary course text or, due to its relative brevity, a supplemental one.
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World Regional Geography: Understanding World Regions
Jean-Yves Merilus · Coalinga College
This text approaches geography as experts understand the discipline, focusing on connections and an in-depth understanding of core themes. This thematic approach, informed by pedagogical research, provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically, while still recognizing the Caribbean's distinct culture and development.
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The Environment in the Age of the Internet (Graf)
Heike Graf (ed.) · Södertörn University
The Environment in the Age of the Internet: Activists, Communication, and the Digital Landscape is an interdisciplinary collection that draws together research and answers from media and communication studies, social sciences, modern history, and folklore studies. Edited by Heike Graf, its focus is on the communicative approaches taken by different groups to ecological issues, shedding light on how these groups tell their distinctive stories of "the environment".
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Traces - An Open Introduction to Archaeology
Isabel M. Scarborough, Jennifer M. Johnson Zovar, Ian S. Ray, and John A. Donahue · Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
In the contents: 1.02: Social Impact- Archaeology Isn't Just About the Past
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Cases in California Politics and Administraton
Shelly Arsneault · California State University, Fullerton
These cases in California politics and administration highlight a variety of important issues faced by elected officials and public administrators today. Each case is framed by political science and public administration concepts and addresses issues of equity and social justice. Topics include police interactions with homeless populations; how governments can make amends for historic injustices; and how public health agencies maintain safe communities during outbreaks of disease.
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Introduction to Communication Research
Lindsey Jo Hand, Erin Ryan, and Karen Sichler · Kennesaw State University
Welcome to your journey to becoming a communication scholar! We developed this workbook to guide you through the semester as you learn how understand and conduct scholarly research. What does it mean to be a scholar? A scholar is someone who specializes in a particular area of study. For you, this area is communication. And how do you become a scholar? By doing research.
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SOC 305: Critical Thinking in Social Science
Donnisha Lugo · Cosumnes River College
This textbook is for a course that examines the definitional and contextual nature of social issues. It develops a critical thinking approach which integrates interdisciplinary principles and incorporates a comparative framework utilizing literary criticism, logic, argumentation, and persuasion to analyze and compare the content and validity of social problems.
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Foundations of Education and Instructional Assessment
Jennfer Kidd, Jamie Kaufman, Peter Baker, Patrick O'Shea, Dwight Allen & Old Dominion U students · Old Dominion University
In the contents: 16.07: What performance assessments can be used for elementary social studies · 16.13: What performance assessments can be used for secondary social studies
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Arts Integration in Elementary Curriculum 2e
Molly Zhou and David Brown · Dalton State College
Many teachers, schools, and arts programs benefit from knowing the different ways the arts can be present in schools. Without making a distinction, opportunities can be missed, programs can lack clarity, or the arts can seem like something too unwieldy to incorporate. Making a distinction among the approaches can help narrow or focus objectives as well as help educators select the most appropriate approach based on their objectives.
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Anthropology: The Study of Humans
Jeffrey McCully · Moraine Valley Community College
In the contents: 15: Social Organization
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Comprehensive Individualized Curriculum and Instructional Design (Sennott et al.)
Samuel Sennott, Sheldon Loman, Kristy Lee Park, Luis F. Pérez, Michael J. Kennedy, John Romig, and Wendy J. Rodgers · Portland State University
In the contents: 3.03: Select a Socially Relevant Behavior
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Interpersonal Communication - A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter & Katherine S. Thweatt · SUNY New Paltz & SUNY Oswego
The text incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions and cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, interpersonal dynamics, language, listening, nonverbal communication, and romantic relationships emerging areas such as self-compassion, body positivity, friendships, and “the dark side”.
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ECE Field Experience 3 (NWTC)
Mary Beth Boettcher · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This text covers professional practices in early childhood education, focusing on ethical responsibilities, relationship building, and effective communication with families. It aims to equip students with practical skills and knowledge essential for fostering positive interactions and maintaining professionalism in early childhood settings.
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Introduction to International Relations
Katherine Michel · Ohlone College
This textbook provides an introduction to international relations, including chapters on the foundations of international relations, theoretical approaches to international relations, the practice of international relations, and the future of international relations.
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COUN 7: Blueprint for Success in College and Career
Dave Dillion · Grossmont College
In the contents: 08: Social Interaction and Diversity · 8.01: Socializing
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Diversity and Difference in Communication
The Open University · The Open University
In the contents: 1.04: The social construction of difference · 2.13: Employing interpreters and link workers in health and social care
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Comparative Culture and Society 2e
Danshiro Velasco · LibreTexts
This textbook contains fifteen short units that give students opportunities to discuss, debate, present, and write about global topics and issues. Most units are paired with one country, so that each topic can be viewed from that cultural perspective, which can then be compared to students’ own cultural perspectives and experience. This textbook integrates such fields as intercultural communication, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, as well as elements from the field of English-as-a-Secon
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10: Conclusion
Heather Burns, Connie Ogle, and Allyson Valentine · Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)
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How Language Works
Michael Gasser · Indiana University
Linguistics is the science of language; it treats language and the ways people use it as phenomena to be studied much as a geologist treats the earth. Linguists want to figure out how language works. They are no more in the business of making value judgments about people's language than geologists are in the business of making value judgments about the behavior of the earth.