Eunkyong Lee Yook, Wendy Atkins-Sayre

Communication Centers and Oral Communication Programs in Higher Education (eBook, ePUB)

Advantages, Challenges, and New Directions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Communication Centers and Oral Communication Programs in Higher Education, edited by Eunkyong L. Yook and Wendy Atkins-Sayre, is a collection that examines the centers that support communication departments or across-the-curriculum programs as higher education focuses more attention on the communication field. The authors in this text address theoretical issues covering topics such as the importance of communication centers to higher education, the effects of communication centers on retention, critical thinking in the center, ethics, and more. These essays also explore ideas about center's set-up and use of space, staff training, technology applications, and campus advertising and outreach. Communication Centers organizes cutting-edge knowledge of the theory and empirical research so as to serve practical use to peer tutors and directors, those who are new to the study of communication centers and to those who are seasoned experts. Furthermore, this collection introduces administrators and those interested in higher education to the potential value of communication centers to higher education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739173589
• Artikelnr.: 38218206

Autorenporträt

By Eunkyong Lee Yook and Wendy Atkins-Sayre

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Benefits to Higher Education Chapter 1. Communication Centers and
Retention in Higher Education: Is There a Link? Chapter 2. Speaking Our
Minds: Communication Centers and Critical Thinking Chapter 3. Communication
Centers and Liberal Arts Education: Problems and Possibilities Associated
with Cross-Disciplinary Engagements Chapter 4. The Communication Center: A
Critical Site of Intervention for Student Empowerment Chapter 5. The Role
Becomes Them: Examining Communication Center Alumni Experiences Part 2.
Challenges to Today's Centers Chapter 6. Ethics and the Communication
Center: Chameleon or Tortoise? Chapter 7. The Blind Leading the Blind? An
Ethnographic Heuristic for Communication Centers Chapter 8. Learning to
Tell What You Know: A Communication Intervention for Biology Students
Chapter 9. Using Theory and Research to Increase Student Use of
Communication Center Services Chapter 10. Focusing on Faculty: The
Importance of Faculty Support to Communication Center Success Part 3.
Alternative Models for Communication Centers Chapter 11. Communication
Center Ethos: Remediating Space, Encouraging Collaboration Chapter 12. The
Combined Centers Approach: How Speaking and Writing Centers Can Work
Together Chapter 13. Course Management Systems: Creating Alternative
Avenues for Student Access of Communication Centers Chapter 14. Virtual
Communication Centers: A Resource for Building Oral Competency Chapter 15.
The Implementation of Computer-Mediated Communication in Communication
Centers Part 4. New Directions in Consultant Training Chapter 16.
Technology Tutoring: Communication Centers Take the Lead Chapter 17. Using
Empathetic Listening to Build Client Relationships at the Center Chapter
18. Best Practices in Communication Center Training and Training Assessment