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Integrating Critical and Trans-Affirming Pedagogies in Argumentation and Debate: A Heuristic Narrative
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Mapes, Meggie – Communication Teacher, 2019
Courses: Storytelling, persuasion, gender and communication, argumentation and debate. Objectives: In this essay, I map a unit-specific activity for an undergraduate class in argumentation and debate. I argue for the integration of a trans-affirming pedagogy as a key rhetorical frame in communication studies courses. Such pedagogical commitments…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Persuasive Discourse, Debate, Interpersonal Communication
Walking on by Is Just the Beginning: Dialogically Interrogating Face-Work
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Herakova, Liliana L. – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Introduction to Communication Studies, Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication. Objectives: After completing this single-class activity, students should be able to (1) describe and interpret face-work as a communicative act that both reflects and constructs identity, (2) explain the concept of intersectionality in basic…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Course Objectives, Class Activities
Exploring Diversity through Dialogue: Avowed and Ascribed Identities
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Antony, Mary Grace – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Intercultural Communication, Conflict and Communication, Interpersonal Communication. Objectives: After completing this single-class activity, students should be able to (1) differentiate between the avowed versus ascribed dimensions of cultural identity construction; (2) articulate the contested nature of cultural identity, including how…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Conflict, Interpersonal Communication, Course Objectives
Teaching Diversity in Organizations: Stereotyping the Stock Photo
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Fetherston, Michelle – Communication Teacher, 2016
Course: Organizational Communication. Objectives: After completing this single-class activity, students should be able to (1) identify stereotypes that are created and/or reinforced by images frequently used in communication materials, (2) explain how those stereotypes influence communication and relational barriers in organizations, and (3)…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Organizational Communication, Course Objectives, Class Activities
Project Me: Understanding Social Identities through Social Media
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Suwinyattichaiporn, Tara – Communication Teacher, 2016
Courses: Intercultural Communication, Communication and Identity, Interpersonal Communication. Objectives: After completing this semester-long activity, students should be able to (1) discuss and apply the concepts of social identities; (2) analyze the influence of self-identities on online communication practices of self to others and others to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Identification (Psychology)
Getting to Know You: Breaking the Ice in the Public Speaking Course
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Pulaski, Michelle M. – Communication Teacher, 2007
Objective: To allow students an opportunity to speak publicly on the first day of class while becoming familiar with fellow students. The activity encourages students to examine the perceptions and stereotypes they have about one another by blindly guessing certain characteristics about their partner. By participating in the exercise, students…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Course Objectives, Audience Analysis, Anxiety