Understanding Social Problems | 12th Edition

Linda A. Mooney, Ph.D./Molly Clever, Ph.D.
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MindTap for Mooney/Clever/Hipes’ “Understanding Social Problems” 12th Edition, is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. MindTap gives you complete control of your course to provide engaging content, challenge every student and build students' confidence. MindTap organizes all of your students' course materials -- readings, multimedia, activities and assessments -- into a learning path that guides them through their sociology course. MindTap for Mooney/Clever/Hipes’ “Understanding Social Problems” 12th Edition, includes activities that help students understand their implicit biases, develop a sociological imagination and master important chapter concepts. Determine what your students already know through the What Do Sociologists Know? activity. Students will explore common misconceptions that people bring to the study of sociology. Offer application practice with the Apply Your Knowledge activity and nurture your students’ sociological imaginations with the What Would You Do? scenario exercises. Students can check their comprehension of core concepts and theories by using the auto-graded Check Your Understanding and End of Chapter Quiz activities. Students can also extend their learning and make connections to their own lives through curated video content in the Social Problems YouTube channel found under Additional Resources. With MindTap, you can customize the eBook and assignments, emphasize the most important topics and add your own material, notes and bookmarks. In MindTap, you have the flexibility to reorder textbook chapters, add your own notes and bookmarks and embed a variety of content, thus personalizing course content to meet your students’ needs. In addition, the Progress App in MindTap is a built-in gradebook that helps you track students’ progress and engagement as well as pinpoint areas where students may need more support.
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Challenge students to think critically about complex social issues using the latest data and relevant examples in Mooney/Clever/Hipes’ “Understanding Social Problems” 12th Edition. The award-winning authors offer theoretically rich, evidence-based discussions of pressing social issues of our time, including growing political polarization around the world, ongoing global conflicts, the long-term impacts of COVID-19, repercussions of national elections and emerging social movements. This edition's micro- to macro-level of analysis focuses first on problems related to healthcare, drugs and alcohol, families, crime and violence, racial, ethnic and gender inequality and LGBTQ+ status before examining the larger problems of poverty and economic inequality, population growth and aging, environmental issues, science and technology and world conflict. This text is also available in MindTap.