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Seiquist, Jack – 1979
"Achieving Dialog," a model course in one-to-one communication for close relationships, is described and presented as a possible new course for the speech communication curriculum of colleges and universities. Research findings from a comprehensive evaluation of the course are summarized, and the societal need for such a course is…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Warnick, Barbara; Ruf, Henry L. – Speaker and Gavel, 1980
The two articles in this publication focus on ways of teaching argumentation and debate in the college setting. The first article examines the place of the argumentation and debate course in the speech communication curriculum and suggests cognitive and behavioral objectives and assignments for use in such a course. The second article discusses…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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Cox, J. Robert – Speaker and Gavel, 1980
The place of argumentation within the speech communication curriculum is the focus of this article. The article provides a rationale for an upper-level college course in the deliberation and decision making process currently taught at the University of North Carolina, and relates that rationale to broader concerns of argumentation theory. Various…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Debate, Decision Making
Sikkink, Don – 1981
Despite a professional commitment to "teach ethics," speech communication literature and textbooks contain almost no advice or help on how to accomplish this task. An integrated teaching approach, however, can involve students more directly in the ethical issues that may arise in a persuasion course. The first element in increasing student…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Ethics, Higher Education
Fadely, Dean; Hamlett, Ralph – 1983
Of interest to curriculum developers, the materials in this paper pertain to the communication component of the prelaw curriculum initiated in the 1979-80 school year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The materials include (1) a brief decription of the prelaw program; (2) information sheets for students considering the program;…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Lieb-Brilhart, Barbara, Comp. – 1972
This curriculum activities supplement is the result of a graduate seminar at the University of Nebraska (Omaha), held in 1972. It is an addition to "A Curriculum Guide for Speech Communication--Grades 8-12," developed in 1971 (ED 066 776). The activities are structured according to the contract system, whereby each student selects his own projects…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Course Descriptions