GCSU professor’s textbook a best-seller
A professor at GCSU was recently honored with the title of being a best-seller in a textbook publishing company.
Dr. Kenneth Saladin, professor of anatomy at GCSU, has written two textbooks, one of which – “Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function” – is a best-seller in the science-math-engineering division of textbooks for the McGraw Hill Company.
All of the anatomy classes at GCSU use Saladin’s book and even people in other countries use it. A company in Italy will soon be translating the volume into Italian for students there to use.
“I get e-mails from students all over the world telling me how much better this book is from their other texts,” Saladin said.
GCSU students who use it seem to agree. Julia Borland, a sophomore and exercise science major, said the text flows well, thus easing comprehension.
“The most helpful are the illustrations,” Borland said. “I use them when I don’t understand a concept written out.”
Borland had Saladin as a teacher in the fall, but now has a different anatomy teacher. Borland said that there is very little difference between the two classes since they both use the same PowerPoint slideshows and textbook.
Borland’s favorite parts of the book are the “insights” which connect what they are learning to real world problems.
Belinda Tobin, a sophomore exercise science major with a concentration in physical therapy, uses Saladin’s book as well. Tobin said she feels like the book is telling a story.
“It feels like a journey through the body, kind of like the Magic School Bus,” Tobin said.
Saladin feels that it is easier to teach from his own book because the students get the same point of view from the book and the teacher.
“The students like it because there is no surprise about what is going to be on the test,” Saladin said. “I use the same terminology as in the book.”
Posted by Danielle Paluga
on Apr 9 2010. Filed under News.
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