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Real World Communication

Author(s): Sarah Z Johnson, Amy Edwards Patterson

Appropriate for first- or second-year communications classes, Real World Communication is aimed at adults - those entering college just after high school, and those who have decades of work and life experience already. The text uses a scenario-based approach that asks students to ground their assign...

The Sociological Vision

Author(s): Christopher Pieper

New Edition Now Available! What is sociology? Will I like it? Does it matter in the world? Can it help me? The Sociological Vision is designed to answer these questions and cultivate a new way of seeing social life. Geared primarily toward students beginning a journey into the social sciences,...

Criminal Justice: Internship Manual

Author(s): Jeffrey Len Schwartz, Stanley Yeldell

A comprehensive Criminal Justice Internship Manual. The manual is adaptable to any internship program, but focuses upon the criminal justice fields. The manual provides a step by step process for starting and maintaining a field experience with academic rigor. Included in the manual are essential fo...

International Public Debate Association Textbook

Author(s): International Public Debate Association

The International Public Debate Association was formally established in 1997 and has grown dramatically ever since. The association is comprised of competitors at all types of schools from community colleges to public and private universities across the country. The International Public Debate Assoc...

Arts Integration: Ideas for the Dynamic Classroom Teacher

Author(s): Paula Hunter Schenck, Daryl Worley

An essential guide that explores the building blocks for creating a productive and creative learning environment. Incorporating the arts into everyday classroom lessons increases the ability of a student to not only connect but master the content of the lesson. Student expression through the arts is...

Contemporary Public Speaking: How to Craft and Deliver a Powerful Speech

Author(s): BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE, Andrea Thorson, Mark Staller, Michael Korcok, Helen Acosta, John Giertz

Contemporary Public Speaking: How to Craft and Deliver a Powerful Speech incorporates multiple voices, perspectives, and approaches to mastering the art of public speaker. This contemporary, collaborative endeavor creates more space for the classroom instructor’s own voice. People of all ages, place...

Contemporary Argumentation and Rhetoric

Author(s): Michael Korcok, Andrea Thorson

An introductory course in argumentation and rhetoric gives students the tools with which to improve their critical thinking abilities and with which to communicate that thinking in an effective manner. Effective critical thinking is necessary to understand ourselves and the world. Without effective ...

Perceptual Drawing: Concepts, Methods and Materials

Author(s): Dennis Angel

Drawing is a lifelong pursuit - a journey that provides endless visual exploration and a myriad of compelling challenges. Perceptual Drawing: Concepts, Methods, and Materials is a guidebook to help students begin that journey.  The result of Dennis Angel’s nearly thirty years of teaching introdu...

America: Two Directions - Part Two 1877-Present

Author(s): Stephen Randoll

Chess notation is a code. Unless you understand the code, you cannot read it. This book is written in a similar manner. The student does not need to learn a great many names or dates, because they do not help the student understand what is really going on. Realistically, names and dates are material...