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Mapes, Meggie – Communication Teacher, 2019
Courses: Storytelling, persuasion, gender and communication, argumentation and debate. Objectives: In this essay, I map a unit-specific activity for an undergraduate class in argumentation and debate. I argue for the integration of a trans-affirming pedagogy as a key rhetorical frame in communication studies courses. Such pedagogical commitments…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Persuasive Discourse, Debate, Interpersonal Communication
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Suwinyattichaiporn, Tara – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Intercultural Communication, Communication and Identity, Interpersonal Communication. Objectives: After completing this semester-long activity, students should be able to (1) discuss and apply the concepts of social identities; (2) analyze the influence of self-identities on online communication practices of self to others and others to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Identification (Psychology)
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Kirby, Erika L. – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Communication and Diversity, Intercultural Communication, Gender Communication. Objectives: After completing this semester-long activity, students should be able to (1) articulate a systems-of-oppression (privilege??oppression) approach to thinking about difference; (2) confront and "interact differently" with one social…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Disadvantaged, Social Justice, Intercultural Communication
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Darr, Christopher R. – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Ethics, Organizational Communication, Political Communication. Objectives: After completing this unit activity, students should be able to (1) apply multiple ethical perspectives to real-world diversity issues in a debate format, and (2) explain the role of informational and social category diversity in current controversies.
Descriptors: Ethics, Cultural Differences, Debate, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Hunter, Karla M. – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Argumentation, Public Speaking, Political Communication. Objectives: After completing this unit activity, students should be able to (1) demonstrate comprehension of Burke's (1941) concept of terministic screens; (2) apply the concept of terministic screens to write a brief political autobiography of themselves that analyzes the history…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Assignments, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Persuasive Discourse
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Pulaski, Michelle M. – Communication Teacher, 2007
Objective: To allow students an opportunity to speak publicly on the first day of class while becoming familiar with fellow students. The activity encourages students to examine the perceptions and stereotypes they have about one another by blindly guessing certain characteristics about their partner. By participating in the exercise, students…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Course Objectives, Audience Analysis, Anxiety