Extend learning beyond the classroom Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook that students can purchase on their own or you can assign for your course. Creating a course allows you to personalize your Pearson eText so students see the connection between their reading and what they learn in class, motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Learn more about Pearson eText. A distinctly modern look at human geography gives meaning to people and places NEW! A new organizational structure now includes standalone chapters on Cultural Geographies and Language, Communication, and Belief. NEW! Chapter 6: Language, Communication, and Belief gives a better focus on how both language and religion reflect and influence societies, as well as how they spread around the world, and how they permeate politics and social life. Several important themes are woven into every chapter: Interdependence of people and places, especially the interactive relationships between the core and the periphery. Social and cultural differences that are embedded in human geographies, especially the differences that relate to race, ethnicity, gender, age, and class. The relationship between global processes and their local manifestations.
The continuing transformation of the political economy of the world system and nations, regions, cities, and localities. UPDATED! A changing-world perspective takes a contemporary approach to human geography, reflecting many trends in the discipline. The Seventh Edition provides the most up-to-date coverage with amplified and integrated emphasis on the critical topics and themes of today: Sustainability Climate change Gender Place, space, and scale Knox/Marston''s hallmark global framework: Promotes a strong connection between topical and regional material by emphasizing how their processes are linked (e.g., technological innovation and the varying ways technology is adopted and modified by people and places). Facilitates meaningful comparisons between people and places in different parts of the world, such as how the core-generated industrialization of agriculture shapes gender relations in households, both in the core and in the periphery. Presents the relevant aspects of academic human geography (e.g.
, geopolitics and its role in the social construction of spaces and places). UPDATED! A renewed focus on fundamentals gives students access not only to the new ideas, concepts, and theories that address the changes mentioned above, but also to the fundamentals of human geography: the principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and basic knowledge. Chapter 1 focuses on basic introductory human geography content, allowing the text to be accessible to a wide range of intro courses and students. Engaging real-world applications and graphics allow students to visualize a place or culture UPDATED! The Visualizing Geography features consistently incorporate edgy, modern applications and visualizations of current spatial data. Highly visual, these interesting and challenging Infographics are unique, and set apart Knox/Marston''s visual program even further from other texts of its kind. NEW! Spatial Inequality features highlight the growing imbalances and inequalities in today''s global society relative to the chapter''s major themes. UPDATED! The reimagined Geography Matters features, authored by expert contributors from the community, present contemporary research and hot topics in geography subfields. Geography Mattersshow how geographers are using their unique tools and perspectives to solve contemporary real-world problems, emphasizing how geography and the geographic method matter in the world today.
UPDATED! The Future Geographies section at the end of each chapter emphasizes the modern, forward-looking appeal of this text, and increases "futures" content in context. Future Geographies now feature current projections and data and an Apply Your Knowledge feature so that students can put concepts into action. Window on the World features take a key concept and explore its application in a particular location. This feature allows students to appreciate the relevance of geographic concepts to world events and brings far-flung places closer to their comprehension. NEW! Data Analysis activities at the end of each chapter gives students the chance to put their understanding of key themes in the chapter into practice. The superior cartographic program consists of hundreds of rich, diverse, and fully updated maps to help professors better teach their students the important spatial elements inherent to human geography. In addition to the hundreds of maps that display meticulous attention to detail, the visual program includes: Compound Figures that combine maps with photographs and illustrations. These compound figures capture student interest by integrating spatial, visual, and conceptual information.
Everyday-life and mental maps that feature people''s perceptions of their surroundings, and highlight maps as useful tools for conducting everyday life. Active learning tools help students master the material NEW! Quick Response (QR) codes placed in the Visualizing Geography features give students instant access to data sets and media. A Learning Path keeps students on track as they learn, and retain, concepts: Learning Outcomes in each chapter opener offer students a structured learning path to guide them through the main learning goals for the chapter. The assignable content in MasteringGeography is also correlated to these learning outcomes. UPDATED! Simplified, conceptual Apply Your Knowledge questions are integrated throughout the chapter sections, giving students a chance to stop and practice/apply their understanding for a more active learning approach. The first of these paired questions is now a lower level knowledge-based reading question, while the second is a higher-level application question. NEW! Active learning assessments are now included in all boxed features so that students can check their understanding as they read. NEW! The end-of-chapter Data Analysis activity feature takes students beyond traditional review material.
Students will remain engaged and further their understanding as they manipulate media, collect data, and use interactive mapping and GIS. The Learning Outcomes Revisited feature is found at the end of each chapter and summarizes chapter content correlated to the Learning Outcomes stated in each chapter opener as the final step of the structured learning path. Chapter-opening anecdotes relevant to the subject matter engage students with interesting and varied topics. Review and Discussion Questions at the end of each chapter can be easily assigned for group discussions or student essays. End-of-chapter Unplugged questions challenge students to go out into the field and apply the geographic knowledge acquired in the chapter to real-world situations. Benefits of creating a Pearson eText course Share highlights and notes with students. Add your personal teaching style to important topics, call out need-to-know information, or clarify difficult concepts directly in the eText. Access reading analytics.
Use the dashboard to gain insight into how students are working in their eText to plan more effective instruction in and out of class. Schedule readings. Add due dates so that students know exactly what to read to come to class prepared. UPDATED - Read online or offline. Download the mobile app to read wherever life takes you, even offline. The app is available on the App Store® and Google Play(tm) Store. Integrate with your LMS. Get up and running quickly on the first day of class.
LMS integration provides institutions, instructors, and students with single sign-on access to Pearson eText via Blackboard Learn(tm), Canvas(tm), Brightspace® by D2L®, and Moodle. Note: If you integrate Pearson eText with your LMS, students must redeem or purchase access through the LMS. NEW - Listen and learn. Play the full eText audiobook on the go or at home. (Available with select titles.) Engage learners with compelling media. Videos and animations bring key concepts to life, helping students place what they are reading into context. (Available with select titles.
) UPDATED - Let students check their understanding. Flashcards help students review key terms and concepts. Students can use pre-built flashcards or create their own to study how they like. (Available with select titles.).