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Fullerton, Sheryl – Teaching Sociology, 1988
Fullerton responds to the 16 textbook authors about her article on textbook publication, stating that textbook quality will improve if publishers and academics collaborate as partners rather than squaring off as adversaries. Emphasizes the need for sociology instructors to do more in introductory courses to draw students into the excitement of the…
Descriptors: Authors, Cooperation, Higher Education, Introductory Courses

Fullerton, Sheryl; Graham, Franklin C. – Teaching Sociology, 1988
In "Textbook Publishers and Academics" and "Some Observations on Sociology", Sheryl Fullerton and Franklin C. Graham discuss the history of sociology textbooks; the viewpoints of professors and publishers; and the goals of textbook publication. States that with changes in the sociology curriculum, textbook change will follow. (GEA)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Sociology