Aging
Concepts and Controversies
- Harry R. Moody - Fielding Graduate University, USA
- Jennifer R. Sasser - Portland Community College
Presenting current research in an innovative format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Eighth Edition encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues that we face as a society. Using their extensive expertise, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the issues in the Concepts sections and current research in the Controversy sections, demonstrating the close links between concepts and controversies in these broad areas of aging: health care, socioeconomic trends, and the life course.
Supplements
Instructor Teaching Site includes:
- A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- A Respondus electronic test bank is available and can be used on PCs. The test bank contains multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter and provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding. Respondus is also compatible with many popular learning management systems so you can easily get your test questions into your online course.
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content, features, and artwork from the book.
- Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
- Suggested course projects are designed to promote students’ in-depth engagement with course material.
- Highlights from the Teaching Gerontology eNewsletters
- Exhibits from the book
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
- Each chapter includes audio links related to important topics and designed to supplement key points within the text. Carefully selected, web-based video links feature relevant interviews, lectures, personal stories, inquiries, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics. When relevant, related questions for discussion are included.
The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:
- Mobile-friendly eFlashcards reinforce understanding of key terms and concepts that have been outlined in the chapters.
- Mobile-friendly web quizzes allow for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.
- Each chapter includes audio links, covering important topics and designed to supplement key points within the text.
- Carefully selected, video links feature relevant interviews, lectures, personal stories, inquiries, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics.
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
This text is designed to stimulate thought through focus on controversies in ageing. Whilst the central theme is care, the book has proved useful for introducing sports undergraduates to current themes and issues in this area at a time when different approaches to growing older are being considered by sport and exercise scientists as well as other disciplines. The questions at the end of each chapter were easily adapted to different contexts.
An outstanding text in every respect, the text is a comprehensive resource for any course exploring aspects relating to ageing. It is ideal for all levels of courses exploring aspects of ageing. The text covers both the physiological and social aspects of ageing.
It is essential for any course examining the impacts of ageing and is ideal for students of all levels, ranging from BTEC, A Levels and undergraduate courses.
Being strongly considered for Fall 2017
Had used previous version. Like that it deals with contemporary issues of older adults and what's to come in the future for this aging population.
useful for life stages unit and theories of ageing.
Informative and easy to follow.
This book is essential to any course exploring ageing, the Sociology of Ageing or ageing and inequality.
The book is easy to read, with a simple to follow layout. It covers all the main areas including development through the life stages, theories of ageing and government policy and ageing. All of which are key elements in many courses exploring ageing.
The book is essential for level three and first year undergraduate students, studying ageing to any depth. It has equal focus on ageing in the UK as well as a global perspective, making it ideal for UK institutions, as often these types of books are US- focused.
I would advise any institution with course in Sociology, Access to HE or Health and Social Care to use this book as a key resource.
This is a book that sheds some light on issues of aging in contemporary society and complements my lectures on health and aging very well.
On the core reading list for BSc Occupational Therapy programmes
This book provides a clear insight into the issues and concepts related to aging in am engaging way.
