Introduces a symposium that considers the mission of the community college and how the speech communication program can facilitate this mission. (PD)

The use of behavioral objectives in the teaching of speech communication is centered upon through this survey of recent document entries in the ERIC system. (CH)

Includes books, articles, monographs, and dissertations classified by topic. (CH)

Synthesizes literature in current learning concepts, audiovisual research, and speech textbooks to provide theoretical guidelines for the design and use of audiovisual materials.''

How news articles can be used to stimulate activities in the speech class. (SP)

Argues that the study of speech may present the characteristics of a "tao"--a path leading to an increase in humane being. Calls for speech teachers to profess the primacy of speech: "...the source of life of the human mind, the source of the compassion of the human spirit." (PD)

Describes an exercise to help students prepare for emergencies that arise in public speaking situations. (PD)

Describes a speech assignment in which students describe a geometric figure well enough so that listeners can then draw the figure. Exercise is based on philosophy of teaching and learning in W. Timothy Gallwey's "The Inner Game of Tennis." (PD)

Describes personal reflections on "Communication Education" between 1976 and 1978 under the author's editorship. Discusses reflections under three headings: events and experiences shaping the editor's views of the field of communication education; the transition from "The Speech Teacher" to "Communication Education,"…

Describes the RADIAL model, an approach to in-house organizational communication training, which (1) tailors communication topics to meet specific and changing industry needs; (2) places the training function in the hands of organizational members themselves; and (3) facilitates the transfer of skills from the classroom to the workplace. (SR)

Describes two lessons in communication skills that help students overcome shyness and develop friendships by learning to keep a conversation going and by drawing others into the conversation through self-disclosure. (MM)

Examines advantages, disadvantages, and preliminary assessments of the training model and the consulting/training (CONTRA) model approaches to providing oral communication instruction in Oral Communication across the Curriculum programs. Recommends the CONTRA model. (SR)