The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction / Edition 1

by Deanna L. Fassett, John T. Warren

Overview

As the only multi-paradigmatic collection of research in the field, this Handbook brings together a comprehensive range of essays to serve as a fully inclusive resource. Deanna L. Fassett and John T. Warren, along with two section editors and twenty-nine additional contributors, provide a balanced overview of various paradigms in the field-social scientific, interpretive, and critical.

Key Features

Three sections, addressing overlapping issues in communication and instruction, collectively represent multiple paradigms. This allows the reader to experience the depth and nuance available in communications studies.

Each perspective is granted its own foundational chapter to provide an orientation to the discipline.

Each contributor sets the agenda for their approach, helping the reader identify where the field is headed and where future research might be beneficial.

Besides reviews of extant literature, demonstrating where the field has been, this Handbook also includes chapters that share topical new findings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412970877
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/18/2010
Series:	Sage Handbooks
Pages:	471
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Deanna L. Fassett is Department Chair and professor of communication pedagogy at San José State University where she has, since 2002, mentored her department’s graduate student instructors. She is the author and editor of three other books: Coordinating the Communication Course: A Guidebook, Critical Communication Pedagogy, The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction, and Communication: A Critical/Cultural Introduction, Second Edition. Her published research has appeared in a broad array of communication studies journals, including Basic Communication Course Annual, Communication Education, Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, and Text and Performance Quarterly.

John T. Warren (Late) was professor of Speech Communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His major research and teaching centered in Communication Pedagogy, Performance Studies, and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. He was the author of numerous books including Performing Purity: Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power; Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts; Critical Communication Pedagogy; and the SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction. He also authored articles for several education and communication studies journals, including Educational Theory, Communication Education, and Text and Performance Quarterly.

Table of Contents

Introduction Deanna L. Fassett John T. Warren ix

Part I Communication Education

Chapter 1 Communication Education: An Association of Radicals Ann L. Darling 3

Chapter 2 The Philosophical and Methodological Foundations of Communication Education Keith Nainby 11

Chapter 3 The Basic Course in Communication: Where Do We Go From Here? Deanna D. Sellnow Jason M. Martin 33

Chapter 4 Communication Across the Curriculum Problematics and Possibilities: Standing at the Forefront of Educational Reform Deanna P. Dannels 55

Chapter 5 Communication and the Preparation of Future Faculty: Learning to Manage Incoherencies Katherine Grace Hendrix 81

Chapter 6 Communication Textbooks: From the Publisher to the Desk Matt McGarrity 107

Chapter 7 Learning Through Service: The Contributions of Service Learning to the Communication Discipline Jami L. Warren Timothy L. Sellnow 129

Part II Instructional Communication

Chapter 8 Instructional Communication: The Emergence of a Field Scott A. Myers 149

Chapter 9 Philosophical and Methodological Foundations of Instructional Communication Jennifer H. Waldeck Timothy G. Plax Patricia Kearney 161

Chapter 10 Power, Compliance, and Resistance in the Classroom Rebecca M. Chory Alan K. Goodboy 181

Chapter 11 Instructor Immediacy: Creating Conditions Conducive to Classroom Learning Paul L. Witt Paul Schrodt Paul D. Turman 201

Chapter 12 Humor and Communication in Instructional Contexts: Goal-Oriented Communication Melanie Booth-Butterfield Melissa Bekelja Wanzer 221

Chapter 13 Clarity in Teaching and Learning: Conundrums, Consequences, and Opportunities Scott Titsworth Joseph P. Mazer 241

Chapter 14 The Relational Side of Instructional Communication: An Examination of Instructors' Presentational Communication Traits Matthew M. Martin Scott A. Myers 263

Part III Critical Communication Pedagogy

Chapter 15 Critical Communication Pedagogy: Reframing the Field John T. Warren Deanna L. Fassett 283

Chapter 16 The (Critical) Pedagogy of Communication and the (Critical) Communication of Pedagogy Leda Cooks 293

Chapter 17 Critical/Performative/Pedagogy: Performing Possibility as a Rehearsal for Social Justice Bryant Keith Alexander 315

Chapter 18 When Will We All Matter? Exploring Race, Pedagogy, and Sustained Hope for the Academy Bernadette Marie Calafell 343

Chapter 19 Critical Race Theory and Critical Communication Pedagogy Jennifer S. Simpson 361

Chapter 20 Sexualities and Critical Communication Pedagogy Karen E. Lovaas 385

Chapter 21 Producing Digitally Mediated Environments as Sites for Critical Feminist Pedagogy Radhika Gajjala Natalia Rybas Yahui Zhang 411

Author Index 437

Subject Index 453

About the Contributors 463