ERIC Number: EJ1030955
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Transformative Learning Approaches for Public Relations Pedagogy
Motion, Judy; Burgess, Lois
Higher Education Research and Development, v33 n3 p523-533 2014
Public relations educators are frequently challenged by students' flawed perceptions of public relations. Two contrasting case studies are presented in this paper to illustrate how socially-oriented paradigms may be applied to a real-client project to deliver a transformative learning experience. A discourse-analytic approach is applied within the case studies as a technique for identifying changes in students' understandings of the ideological structures, power relations and knowledge systems that underpin public relations and for determining whether transformative learning has taken place. The discourse engagement and normative/critical/ethical paradigmatic orientations examined in this paper provide conceptual foundations for developing civic responsibility that needs to be underpinned by salient social theory.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Public Relations, Social Theories, Case Studies, Power Structure, Discourse Analysis, Concept Formation, Ethics, Citizenship Responsibility, Student Attitudes, Ideology, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups, Interviews, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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