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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Making Space for the Practical: Defining the Identity of "Communication Teacher"
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DeWitt, Lori – Communication Teacher, 2007
In 1985, a prototype publication by and for teachers of speech communication was sent to the membership of the Speech Communication Association. The publication stated that its goal was to provide teaching ideas for instructors at all levels, K-12 to university, and that it would welcome materials from all areas of the discipline. This unnamed…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Scholarship, Publications, Journal Articles
Challenging Norms of Invention: "Mimesis" and African American Communication Patterns
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Munsell, Jason – Communication Teacher, 2006
This essay grows out of a Short Course the author helped to teach called "Back to the Future: An Exploration of Public Communication Pedagogy, Past and Present, With Inventive Applications for the Future" presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago. The author presents an activity that focuses on mimesis…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, Rhetorical Invention