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Physical Anthropology
Arnie Daniel Schoenberg · San Diego City College
This class is an introduction to physical anthropology, but for many it will be your first anthropology class, or perhaps your first science class in college, so it is worthwhile to back up and introduce both science and anthropology. And before talking about science, we should back up even farther, and talk about epistemology, the study of how we know things.
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Writing as Material Practice - Substance, Surface and Medium
Kathryn Piquette et al. · University College London
In the contents: 06: The Function and Meaning of Writing in the Prehistoric Aegean - Some Reflections on the Social and Symbolic Significance of Writing from a Material Perspective (Helene Whittaker) · 6.09: Social and Symbolic Implications · 8.04: Linear A - The social and cultural construction of Neopalatial literacy
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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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Introductory Psychology
OpenStax · LibreTexts
Psychology is designed for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. For many students, this may be their only college-level psychology course. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to their lives. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most general psychology courses.
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Essentials of Exemplary Public Speaking
Nichole Ary · Citrus College
This textbook provides a detailed guide to effective public speaking and covers various speech types, communication anxiety, ethics, audience analysis, developing a speech topic, supporting ideas, the importance of evidence, citations, speech organization, effective use of language, delivery methods, mediated communication, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, speaking for special occasions, listening, logical reasoning, critical thinking, and design and usage of presentation aids.
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Salud, Seguridad y Nutrición
Jennifer Paris · College of the Canyons
Este libro de texto constituye un recurso integral para promover la salud, la seguridad y el bienestar nutricional de los niños pequeños en entornos de educación infantil. Ofrece estrategias prácticas y fundamentos teóricos para orientar a educadores, cuidadores y administradores en la creación de entornos donde los niños puedan desarrollarse plenamente.
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Developmental Psychology (NWTC)
Rebecca Noble · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 1.13: Psychosocial Theory · 2.20: Psychodynamic and Psychosocial Development · 3.09: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood
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Research Methods at IVC (Psychology 2)
Patricia Bellas · Irvine Valley College
This book was created for IVC's Psychology Department for Research Methods 6 units taught in 16 weeks, 8 weeks in the summer and is in alignment with IVC Course Outline of Record and meets curriculum standards.
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Global Women's Issues Women in the World Today
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We cannot solve global challenges unless women participate fully in efforts to find solutions. Female participation in the private sector is a crucial economic driver for societies worldwide. Economic security benefits every facet of a woman’s life, with positive effects on the health, education and vitality of families. Learn about women who are changing their societies for the better.
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Inclusion, Education and Translanguaging
Julie A. Panagiotopoulou, Lisa Rosen, and Jenna Strzykala Eds. · LibreTexts
The idea for this text came about when we visited Ofelia García in New York in the fall of 2017 to observe and experience translanguaging live—in a mathematics lesson at a bilingual primary school in Queens—during a research visit. This was a special event for us because we had by then been dealing with the concept for years and were constantly confronted with the standard question of how translanguaging can be put into practice in the context of teacher education, congresses and conferences.
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SOCIODEMICS: The UNSDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship Project - The Associations Between Gender and Risk of Infectious Disease
Flora Rudacille & Gracie McDonough · College of Southern Nevada
UN SDG 5. Sociology and Epidemiology. Student-created research.
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Children with Differing Abilities in Early Childhood Education
Autumn Gill · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This textbook explores inclusion for children with disabilities, the legal and ethical requirements for teaching those children, categories of disabilities, diversity and anti-bias, accommodations and modifications, family engagement and advocacy.
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A Different Road To College - A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-traditional Students
Alise Lamoreaux · Lane Community College
A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning Non-Traditional Students is designed to introduce students to the contextual issues of college. Non-traditional students have an ever-growing presence on college campuses, especially community colleges. This open educational resource is designed to engage students in seeing themselves as college students and understanding the complexity of what that means to their lives.
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Practicing and Presenting Social Research
Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson · University of British Columbia
This open-access textbook is for those who want to write exemplary social research. It provides an extensive outline of each step of the research process: outlining practical tools for conceptualizing its beginnings, generating proposals, getting ethics approval, relaxing from the stresses of research, writing academically, conducting a literature review, drafting a methods section, collecting the right data, formulating the findings, and sharing the results.
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Introduction to Economic Analysis
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This book presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that, in the authors' view, ought to be standard but is not. Introductory economics material is integrated. Standard mathematical tools, including calculus, are used throughout. The book easily serves as an intermediate microeconomics text, and can be used for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics.
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Introduction to Gender Studies
Katie Coleman · College of the Canyons
In the contents: 3.01: Gender Socialization · 3.04: Social Learning Theory (Sociology) · 5.01: Gender Socialization
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Debating Democracy: An Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics
Joseph Braunwarth · Grossmont College
In the contents: Chapter 15: Growth and Equity- Economic and Social Policy
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Start Here, Speak Anywhere! 2e
Angela Elbanna et al. · Borough of Manhattan Community College
This book serves as a comprehensive and practical guide to public speaking, equipping readers with essential knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in a wide range of contexts. It explores the fundamental principles of public speaking, emphasizing historical perspectives, ethical considerations, and the role of listening in effective communication.
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Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor
Michael Curtin and Kevin Sanson · LibreTexts
In the contents: 07: Transnational Crews and Postsocialist Precarity Globalizing Screen Media Labor in Prague · 7.03: Globalizing a Postsocialist Production World Producers and Production Management as Cultural Interface · 17.02: Creativity and Labor in Social Movement and Production Studies A Snapshot
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Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
Amanda Zunner-Keating, Madlen Avetyan, and Ben Shepard · Los Angeles Valley College
This book was the combined efforts of the authors, contributors and editors who have been teaching these concepts to students for a number of years.