Outlines a rationale, resources, and suggestions for teaching interpersonal communication with feature films. Includes a table of 72 widely available feature films and the interpersonal communication topics illustrated in each one. (SR)

Examines an interdisciplinary course offered by the Nursing and Speech Communication Departments at Miami University which is intended to supplement basic nursing education that doesn't include the concept of interpersonal relationships. (MH)

Provides comparative data on the use of humor, self-disclosure, and narrative by award-winning college and secondary teachers. Indicates that these teachers used these dramatic behaviors to clarify course content, and that they used them significantly more than the nonaward winning teachers from the same educational levels. (MS)

Provides the rationale for and describes an interpersonal communication course designed for an individual returning to his or her native culture after completing an extended stay in a foreign culture. (PD)

Describes a program of advanced instruction which attempts to merge the theory of speech communication and the practice of oral history. Is concerned with how meaning is constructed through conversation between interviewer and interviewee. Includes theoretical and methodological problems inherent in producing oral histories, field research, and…

Survey results indicated strong support for requiring the basic speech course; favored a hybrid course of public speaking and interpersonal communication; preferred more practice than theory, autonomous classes, classes of 20 to 25 students or less; etc. (PD)

Describes a college-level skills training program for reticent communicators. Details major aspects of the program, including recruiting students for training, screening students for admission to the program, training instructors, and organizing and teaching the course. (MS)

Reports on a study of the characteristics of the basic course in organizational communication. Analyzed 100 questionnaires that provided data on the following: schools and departments offering basic courses, faculty, textbooks, and topics covered. (PD)

Describes a successful and current approach to training peer facilitators. Includes (1) an advanced course in small group leadership as a prerequisite for the leadership experience and (2) a seminar in leadership conducted during the leadership experience. (PD)

Presents a master syllabus for a course whose purpose is to introduce students to a variety of topics and subjects in language and communication from a social science perspective. Discusses conceptual issues for the instructor, presents five instructional units, and discusses teaching strategies and evaluation. (SR)

This article focuses on one instructor's evolution from formal lecturing to interactive teaching and learning in a statistics course. Student perception data are used to demonstrate the instructor's use of communication to align the content, students, and instructor throughout the course. Results indicate that the students learned, that…

This seventh in a series of investigations of the basic communication course at 2- and 4-year colleges and universities that began in 1968 has as its purpose to gather longitudinal data on the nature of the course. This latest study differs somewhat from past studies. The survey instrument from 1999 was revised to include timely concerns such as…

The introductory survey of media course is a standard offering in many media studies programs. Students' points of view about controversial issues treated in this class are quite susceptible to change. Indeed, a deliberately value-added approach to teaching this class acknowledges and appreciates that student opinions are likely to change in the…

Describes the interpretive elements of literary messages, participants, and interaction settings from a social contexts orientation. Presents a framework, rationale, and an implementation strategy for social contexts component in interpretation education. Claims that such programs help participants, through the sensitive communication of…

This survey, fourth in a series initiated in 1968, reports on the nature of and trends and changes in the basic course in speech. Categories covered include demographic data, orientations, instructional methods, and administrative concerns. (PD)