Critical communication pedagogy / Deanna L. Fassett, John T. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fassett, Deanna L.

Contributor:

Warren, John T., 1974-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Study and teaching.

Communication.

Physical Description:

vii, 203 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2007]

Summary:

In this autoethnographic work, authors Deanna L. Fassett and John T. Warren illustrate a synthesis of critical pedagogy and instructional communication, as both a field of study and a teaching philosophy. Critical Communication Pedagogy is a poetic work that charts paradigmatic tensions in instructional communication research, articulates commitments underpinning critical communication pedagogy, and invites readers into self-reflection on their experiences as researchers, students, and teachers.

Key Features: Uses autoethnography to explore critical communication pedagogy: Readers are encouraged to be self-reflective about their own teaching and learning. Through layered, storied accounts, the authors invite readers to explore how to engage in the study and teaching of communication as constitutive of social injustice. Identifies shifting paradigms in instructional communication: Using their own experiences as a focal point, the authors review paradigmatic shifts in the study of instructional communication. This book legitimizes a burgeoning conversation about critical approaches to instructional communication research, validating critical communication pedagogy as a growing line of research and an area of growth in teaching practice. Evaluates critical communication pedagogy scholarship: This is the first book to help scholars unfamiliar with this paradigm learn how to read and evaluate this sort of work. The book identifies the commitments that undergird critical work that addresses communication and education. Moments of successful and failed critical communication pedagogy in our research, in our classrooms, and in our relationships are explored.

Intended Audience: This is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying instructional communication and communication pedagogy in courses such as Communication in the Classroom, Communication Education, Special Classroom Populations, Communication Needs of At-Risk Students, and Critical/Performantive Pedagogy.

Contents:

Critical communication pedagogy: shifting paradigms

Naming a critical communication pedagogy

Critical communication pedagogy in the classroom

Writing, researching, and living: critical communication pedagogy as reflexivity

Compromise and commitment: critical communication pedagogy as praxis

Nurturing tension: sustaining hopeful critical communication pedagogy

Grappling with contradictions: mentoring, in and through the critical turnoff.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index.

ISBN:

1412916259

1412916267

OCLC:

64427439

Publisher Number:

9781412916264

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