Service-learning in Crisis Communication Education: Revisiting Coombs' Objectives for the Crisis Communication Course

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle M. Maresh-Fuehrer
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Communication Course

Media Literacy Facilitation as Service Learning and Public Engagement

2022 ◽  
pp. 499-522
Author(s):  
Christine Olson ◽  
Erica Scharrer
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Practical Constraints

This chapter offers insights from a 15-year partnership between a public university and local K-12 schools to explore how the facilitation of media literacy education (MLE) programs by university students can offer rewarding outcomes for both research and learning. The MLE program that serves as the case study for this chapter takes place at local elementary schools each spring in conjunction with an undergraduate communication course and includes interactive media analysis discussions as well as a culminating creative production activity. Reflections and written feedback from participating graduate, undergraduate, and elementary students emphasize the strengths of this pedagogical model for collaboration and learning while also acknowledging the practical constraints of such a partnership. By detailing the institutional-level support, instructional design, and practical implementation of this MLE program, the chapter enumerates the benefits and challenges of engaged research and service learning for advancing media literacy goals.

Graduate Employability and Communication Competence

2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trish L. Clokie ◽  
Elna Fourie
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
Course Content ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Communication Competencies ◽  
Research Questions

This research establishes the role of communication education in employability by determining how employers of graduates view communication, identifying communication skills that employers view as relevant, and establishing whether these skills are included in communication courses. To achieve these aims, local businesses were surveyed, and the results were compared with communication course descriptors. The research shows, consistent with worldwide trends, that local employers value communication competencies highly when recruiting new graduates, and specific communication skills required in an industry reflect course content. However, some skills are still lacking, and the research questions where the responsibility lies in developing these skills.

Media Literacy Facilitation as Service Learning and Public Engagement

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Olson ◽  
Erica Scharrer
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Practical Constraints

This chapter offers insights from a 15-year partnership between a public university and local K-12 schools to explore how the facilitation of media literacy education (MLE) programs by university students can offer rewarding outcomes for both research and learning. The MLE program that serves as the case study for this chapter takes place at local elementary schools each spring in conjunction with an undergraduate communication course and includes interactive media analysis discussions as well as a culminating creative production activity. Reflections and written feedback from participating graduate, undergraduate, and elementary students emphasize the strengths of this pedagogical model for collaboration and learning while also acknowledging the practical constraints of such a partnership. By detailing the institutional-level support, instructional design, and practical implementation of this MLE program, the chapter enumerates the benefits and challenges of engaged research and service learning for advancing media literacy goals.

Mass Communication Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Anthony Adams
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Search Committees ◽  
Hybrid Delivery ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Executive Level ◽  
Mass Communication Education ◽  
Teaching Application

This chapter offers an enlivened mass communication education approach adaptive to traditionally taught, face-to-face, and hybrid delivery systems. Aimed at preparing students for active participatory and responsible global citizenship, this tripartite approach bridges mass communication and social entrepreneurship mediated through service-learning. The proposed teaching application encourages students to challenge status quo arrangements, provoke disruption, and promote societal change using disproportionality in school discipline, K-12, and challenges related to executive-level search committees and the failure to diversify college administrations as illustrations.

Structuring a Competency-Based Accounting Communication Course At the Graduate Level

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Sharifi ◽  
Gary B. McCombs ◽  
Linda Lussy Fraser ◽  
Robert K. McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Accounting Faculty ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Accounting Practitioners ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Different Order

The authors describe a graduate capstone accounting class as a basis for building communication skills desired by both accounting practitioners and accounting faculty. An academic service-learning (ASL) component is included. Adopted as a required class for a master of science degree in accounting at two universities, this course supports accounting accreditation. Surveys offer evidence that both accounting practitioners and faculty rate, in slightly different order, the three most important skills as written communication, oral communication, and analytical/critical thinking. Accounting curricula worldwide are under pressure to develop better skills in these areas as well as to meet assessment and accreditation directives and criteria. The authors designed a communication course utilizing ASL that not only meets all of the above objectives but also provides the student with hands-on experiential learning. Information about this course provides a guide to accounting and business faculty who may wish to pursue such an approach in their schools.

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