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Oseguera, A. Anthony – 1990
An international mass communication minor, with its salient, unique communication features and its interdisciplinary nature, can internationalize American higher education and raise students' cultural, political and economic awareness. The relationship existing between communication and the various disciplines is illustrated in the Arts-Sciences…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, Interdisciplinary Approach
Patton, Bobby R. – 1982
The roots of the interpersonal communication program at the University of Kansas (Lawrence) lay in the human relations training program initiated there in the late 1940's. Probably the major contribution of human relations to interpersonal communication was in its focus on experiential learning through laboratory training. In the fall of 1967, an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational History, Higher Education
Flores, Norma Landa – 1997
This paper describes how results of the Golden West College Speech Department's program review led to the alignment of performance-based communication prerequisite and outcome expectations for: student placement recommendation; consistency of course curriculum and sequencing; measures of content-based competencies; and measures of…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Neff, Bonita Dostal – 1990
Focusing on ethics in public relations from a multicultural point of view brings together elements which are critical to international public relations. The Public Relations-Ethics-Multicultural (PREM) model illustrates that articles can be found in the literature on ethics, public relations, and multicultural as individual concepts. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Ethics
Newburger, Craig – 1995
In 1989, President George Bush met with the nation's governors and the foundation was laid for the "Goals 2000: Educate America Act" (signed into law March 1994). The act provides funds to underwrite states' development and implementation of content and performance standards and associated assessment methodologies directed toward helping…
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development
Backlund, Phil – 1990
The efforts associated with the communication competence movement, both within and without the Speech Communication Association, have done much to promote the inclusion of listening and speaking skills in the public schools to date, but areas remain where progress is still needed. Over the past 15 years, the most significant change has been the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Taylor, Anita – 1986
In the personalized system of instruction (PSI) used in beginning communication courses at George Mason University (Virginia), the students do more than read text materials and master cognitive course objectives. They are encouraged to have experiences that reinforce what they read and to consider how these experiences relate to everyday life. The…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization
Wolff, Leanne O. – 1986
The interpersonal communication course at an Ohio college is based on several assumptions about the nature of interpersonal communication. First, the course should emphasize both the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the communicative behavior appropriate in a given situation (cognitive domain) and the performance necessary for communication…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Seniors, Communication Skills, Core Curriculum
Tannen, Deborah, Ed.; Alatis, James E., Ed. – 2001
This book contains papers from the 2001 Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, "Linguistics, Language, and the Real World: Discourse and Beyond." Papers include: "Introduction" (Deborah Tannen); "A Brief History of the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics" (James E.…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Audiences, Compliance (Psychology), Curriculum Development
Mester, Cathy Sargent; Tauber, Robert T. – 1990
This study was conducted to determine if those involved with vocational-technical students realize the importance of oral communication skills for votech graduates and to determine if those in a position to act on this awareness do so. Data were gathered from votech teachers, craft committee members (tradespersons advising votech school faculty…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development