Teaching Interpersonal Communication: Resources and Readings

By Elizabeth J. Natalle and Professor Elizabeth J Natalle

Teaching Interpersonal Communication: Resources and Readings is the first title in the new Bedford/St. Martin's Professional Resource Series for the Communication discipline. Written by award-winning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312455429
• ISBN13: 9780312455422
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"

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Teaching Interpersonal Communication

Teaching Interpersonal Communication: Resources and Readings is the first tile in the new Bedford/St. Martin's Professional Resource Series for the Communication discipline. Written by award-winning teacher and scholar Elizabeth J. Natalie, this text provides all the tools an instructor needs to develop, teach, and manage a superb interpersonal communications course that is rich in theory and practice. New and seasoned instructors alike will benefit from her practical advice, scholarly insight, suggestions, and approaches for integrating research and practice into the interpersonal communication classroom. Tools provided include: * Instructional strategies and tips that offer constructive methods for organizing the course and content, handling classroom challenges, establishing effective assignments incorporating technology and considering service learning as part of the course, and developing meaningful forms of assessment. * Essential readings including excerpts from pieces by Watzlawick, Beavin, and Jackson; Buber; Weimann; Knapp and Vangelisti; and Baxter and Montgomery that provide both a basic theoretical foundation for instructors and a frame for the course. * An annotated bibliography of 79 historic and current works of scholarship that gives readers further avenues for expanding their knowledge of interpersonal communication. --- from book's back cover