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Re: [HAPS-L] using two textbooks instead of one...
I do the same thing. If a student comes to my class for either A&P I or A&P
II and already has an A&P textbook, I do not require him/her to purchase the
one I am using. The information needed is covered in class or in their text
(whatever the publisher). The students appreciate this greatly. Some folks
choose to purchase "my" text simply for the CD's, etc. and convenience.
Charlene
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From: "Don Kisiel" <kisield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [HAPS-L] using two textbooks instead of one...
On 9 Mar 2006, at 13:51, Paul Krieger wrote:
I teach a two-semester integrated anatomy & physiology course at a
community college. Lectures and labs are not linked. In other
words, students may have different instructors for lecture and lab.
My colleagues and I have very different ideas about how to judge a
textbook. This may lead to more than one textbook being used in our
A & P course. Has anyone in a similar situation used more than one
book before? If so, has it worked out or has it been too problematic
for students?
For about 10-15 years now, we moved away from having our A&P I
students purchase the same textbook. We often use different
textbooks, but since none of us teach "out of a textbook," it really
doesn't matter.
Also, students from other campuses of our college may also have yet
even different textbooks so when they take A&P II with us, it doesn't
cause them any problems.
Since we don't teach "out of a textbook" in A&P II either, we often
welcome various textbooks among our students so that they can
share the best of each textbook. Do authors sometimes give
conflicting presentations? Yes. But that adds to the class
discussions as to which presentation gives a better description of the
physiological process. In the real world, people have different
opinions. In the scientific world, it is no different. Our students
experience this aspect before they complete our A&P II sequence.
I, personally, love it.
Don
Donald S. Kisiel
Biology Department
Suffolk County Community College
533 College Road
Selden, NY 11784-2899
Phone:(631) 451-4340
FAX:(631) 451-4433
www2.sunysuffolk.edu/kisield
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