Studies the role of feedback in developing a sense of self. Reveals that high sensitives (individuals more sensitive to feedback) are more self-schematic than low sensitives, but that low sensitives are more likely to incorporate specific self-relevant feedback received into their self-schemas. (SR)

An adult educator's experience of delivering a paper via videoconferencing led to these conclusions: there is a danger that such technologies will be limited to those with technical skills and knowledge and to institutions able to have such facilities, and adult educators should be trained in the use of the Integrated Services Digital Network and…

States that Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam relied heavily upon debate as a form of public address through which to enact and publicize confrontation with other civil rights organizations. Examines Malcolm X's first experience and training in debate as a prison inmate and later public experiences. Provides detailed accounts and analysis of his…

Argues that students need to learn how to articulate their thinking in a public arena and that the English classroom is a useful place for such public interaction. Describes a "town meeting" method of including public speech into writing courses that provides help toward reaching these objectives. (HB)

Offers a narrative based on a real event, in the form of a "docustory," describing that moment when teaching worked--when, in an instructional setting, communication was "perfect,""best," or "excellent." Describes five students, unlikely winners of a trophy at their first national forensics tournament, and…

Examines public speaking (PS) practices within the Osage Nation. Settings for formal occasions of PS and PS within the context of speech act, event, and situation are addressed. Methodological-biographical notes on Pratt as informant, ethnographer, and author and a discussion of learning and speaking among the Osage are appended. (Contains 49…

Principals who wax eloquent over learning outcomes or socioeconomic factors are bound to bore their audiences. This article suggests ways to put zip into speeches and illustrate important points. Story and anecdotal material ranges from "the community leader who taught for a day" to "the worst child abuse case." All highlight people trying to…

Comparing 180 accounting majors with 109 other students in business, accounting majors had significantly lower levels of communication apprehension. However, analysis showed that they had less public speaking apprehension but significant levels of group reticence (actual or anticipated performance in group situations. (SK)

Presents demographics about gender and ethnicity of debate directors, debate coaches, and debaters in the Cross Examination Debate Association's National Tournament from 1991-2000. Considers that although there has been an increase in the numbers of females and minorities debating, there has also been a decline in the numbers of females directing…

Notes that communication apprehension (CA) exists among the MBA (Masters of Business Administration) students at a large Midwestern university, with the average overall score slightly below the national average. Shows that the students had low dyadic, but high meeting and public speaking apprehension. Suggest that MBA programs are not addressing…

Objective: To expand an informative speech into a television news package. Type of speech: Informative. Point value: 5% of course grade (Note: The original informative speech is worth 10% of the course grade). Requirements: (a) References: 3; (b) Length: 30 seconds; (c) Visual aid: 3; (d) Outline: Yes; (e) Prerequisite reading: Chapter 14 (Whitman…

This paper is a project report on the experiment of an English public speaking and debating course with advanced level English majors in College of Arts and Science, Yangtze University. The paper analyzes the validity of the course, introduces the design rationale, the design and experiment process, and students' responses. The paper suggests that…

Expert testimony by clinical social workers concerning a criminal defendant's competence to stand trial has increasingly been admitted in certain state courts over the past two decades, yet most state laws still require that court-appointed competence evaluators be psychiatrists or psychologists. Pressure to admit social workers' testimony will…

Globalization has brought more and more peoples and societies around the world into contact with "international" standards of law, commerce, and communication. That process has also enabled a number of formerly underdeveloped societies to experience extraordinary patterns of economic growth, especially in the last third of the twentieth…

In this work, our goal is to examine the attitude of the Greek scientific community towards Quantum Mechanics and establish the history of teaching of this theory in Greece. We have examined Physics textbooks written by professors of the University of Athens, as well as records of public speeches, university yearbooks from 1923 to 1970, articles…