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Gallicano, Tiffany Derville; Stansberry, Kathleen – Communication Teacher, 2012
This study assesses an assignment for incorporating diversity into the principles of public relations course. The assignment is tailored to the challenges of using an active learning approach in a large lecture class. For the assignment, students write a goal, objectives, strategies, an identification of tactics, and evaluation plans for either…
Descriptors: Females, Focus Groups, Cultural Awareness, Public Relations
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Young, Stacy L.; Bippus, Amy M. – Communication Teacher, 2008
Graduate teaching associates (GTAs) play a vital role as instructors at many universities but often are not confident in their ability to perform their job-related duties. Based on Bandura's (1997) theory of self-efficacy, this project examined a teacher-training program for GTAs and assessed its outcomes. Our results revealed that GTAs reported…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education
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Barton, Matthew H.; Turman, Paul D. – Communication Teacher, 2008
Steve Duck's scholarship has made a noticeable impact on the study of interpersonal communication. Of his works, one of the most noteworthy is the explanatory model of relationship disengagement and dissolution. Duck's Dissolution Model (DDM) explains the stages that relationships pass through when they encounter stress resulting in two…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Models, Learning Activities