Anthony Fleury proposes a Communication Against the Disciplines paradigm as a counterpoint to Communication in the Disciplines approaches to teaching communication across the curriculum. Contrary to Fleury's contention, however, learning about discipline-specific communication conventions can indeed promote the goals of liberal education and…

The "Communication in the Disciplines" (Dannels, 2001) framework suggests that communication norms, genres, and standards for success are situated and disciplinary. In this introductory essay, I explore complexities that accompany a "communication in the disciplines" identity in practice--adopting a mindset of curiosity, an ability to listen…

Communication Across the Curriculum (CXC) has been gaining theoretical sophistication in recent years, slowly moving beyond an exclusively skills orientation. Proponents of Communication In the Disciplines (CID) focus on teaching students specific disciplinary communication conventions as productive of knowledge and identity. I claim in this essay…

Reviews the movement toward an expanded classroom through experientially based curricular innovations such as cooperative education, internships, study abroad, and service learning, which are intended to bring concrete experience into the learning model, allowing students to apply classroom concepts and complete the learning process. Provides an…

Offers historical background on some of the National Communication Association's past involvement in K-12 education. Describes the process used to develop the K-12 standards for speaking, listening, and media literacy. Gives an overview of the present effort to articulate competency statements for each standard. (SR)

Highlights some of the foci that emerged from the Speech Communication Association's 1996 summer conference on graduate education in communication. Discusses communication and the higher education scene; the job market; preparing future faculty; recruitment, retention, and diversity; quality of programs; and other issues. (SR)

Reviews six key findings surrounding current graduate education. Concludes that there are not necessarily too many doctorates, but there are too many doctorates trained to be university professors. Notes the transformation of the master's degree over the past two decades and its widespread success in perceived relevancy for students and society.…

Explores the challenges of performing children's nonsense poetry with, rather than to, an audience of children. Discusses different nonsense operations and offers a broad-based scheme for making performance decisions about what kind of nonverbal emphasis to use in performance. Includes examples with suggestions for performance. (SR)

Describes the use of Spike Lee's film "Jungle Fever" in an introductory communication theory class. Demonstrates how the film can be used to help students understand four metatheoretical perspectives: laws, rules, systems, and critical approaches. Discusses when and how to use the film in class. (SR)

Discusses ways speech communication instructors can use the film "Thelma and Louise" in an upper-division rhetorical criticism class to illustrate three different critical approaches: pentadic, feminist, and ideological criticism. (SR)

Describes how the film "The Dream Team" can be used in a small group communication course as a visual case study, presenting clearly and in detail many of the most central group development processes, including cohesiveness, norms, roles, leadership, and group development. (SR)

Discusses the prospects, for graduate students, of careers as communication consultants. Argues that consulting is an appropriate nonacademic career option for some graduates, but that it requires rigorous, specialized preparation. (JMF)

Describes electronic discussion groups and offers tips for those new to using Listservs and Usenet News. (SR)

Introduces briefly some of the more common Internet information management tools, including Archie, Gopher, Veronica and Jughead, Wide Area Information Service (WAIS), and World-Wide Web. (SR)

Discusses some of the current computer network services of interest to scholars, teachers, and students in communication studies. Discusses issues of access and use. (SR)