Kathleen J Turner, Theodore F Sheckels

Communication Centers

A Theory-Based Guide to Training and Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Communication Centers: A Theory-Based Guide to Training and Management addresses what communication centers are and why they are valuable, examines their rich rhetorical roots, and offers advice to faculty who are asked to develop a communication center. Directors of established centers and peer tutors will also find valuable information.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780739190982
• ISBN-10: 0739190989
• Artikelnr.: 41608373

Autorenporträt

Kathleen J. Turner is professor and chair of communication studies and director of oral communication at Davidson College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is a Communication Center?
Part I: Developing a Communication Center
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Communication Centers
Chapter 2: Starting a Communication Center
Chapter 3: Successful Marketing of Communication Centers, Kyle Anne Barnett
Love
Part II: Becoming a Communication Center Tutor
Chapter 4: Becoming a Peer Tutor: A Communication Perspective
Chapter 5: Tutoring Tasks: Invention
Chapter 6: Tutoring Tasks: Disposition
Chapter 7: Tutoring Tasks: Style, Memory, and Delivery
Chapter 8: Tutoring Tasks: Presentation Aids
Part III: Taking the Center Farther
Chapter 9: Tutoring Tasks: Special Situations and Diverse Populations
Chapter 10: Considering the Possibilities
Chapter 11: Assessment of Your Communication Center: Anathema or Asset?,
Marlene M. Preston
Afterword: The Rhetorical Roots of Communication Centers, Linda Bartlett
Hobgood
Appendix A: The Evaluation of Communication Center Directors: Procedures
and Criteria
Appendix B: Tutor Training and Certificatio