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Best Practices For An Online Oral Communication Class
No full textOnline classrooms are becoming more and more prevalent in the world of post secondary education as institutions realize the benefits of the online format for both the students and educational institutions. When determining the practicality of an online only oral communication or speech course, instructors must consider the importance of such a class. Oral communication and speech courses are among those courses considered “core” classes at most colleges and universities. At Simpson University, where this project was completed, oral communication is a course required for all students, no matter what their declared major. Oral communication is so important that Aristotle condemned the individual who could not represent himself well orally. This project sought to find the best practices for creating an online only oral or speech communication course. Four communication theories were used as the basis for the development of an online version of oral communication. They include Walther’s (1992) social information processing (SIP), Cronen, Pearce and Harris’s (1979) coordinated management of meaning (CMM), Altman and Taylor’s (1973) social penetration theory (SPT) and Lengel and Daft’s (1984) media-richness model (MRM). It was discovered during the process that the application of the four theories in the course design made the course stronger than applying just a single theory. Further study in this area must include information from students on what worked well during the course and what did not work well
Preface
Get PDFThis volume and Volume 12 focus primarily on presenting peerreviewed scholarly articles developed from the selected proceedings f the Third International Conference on Hate Studies. Themed “The Pursuit of Justice: Understanding Hatred, Confronting Intolerance, Eliminating Inequality,” the conference was co-organized and hosted by the Gonzaga Institute for Hate Studies, the Gonzaga School of Law, and the Washington State Task Force on Race and the Criminal Justice System. Presenters and attendees from two dozen countries worldwide came to Spokane, Washington for four days in April 2013 in order to concentrate on how fear and ignorance of the “other” manifest in hatred, intolerance, and inequality, and thus affect the pursuit of justice for all
A Journey in Servant-Leadership
Get PDFI would like to start by commending all of our contributing authors in this journal. The articles contained within this issue are truly remarkable and offer a compelling vision of servant-leadership. These articles represent the diverse thinking of people from around the world, and a powerful landscape of human insight that deeply inspires me
An Inward Journey
Get PDFIt was my privilege to see a bit of Robert Frost in his last years and, having a feeling for the man as a person, his poetry has a special meaning for me. Philip Booth, in a review, said: Poems like \u27The Demiurge\u27s Laugh,\u27 \u27The Road Not Taken,\u27 \u27Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,\u27 \u27On a Tree Fallen Across the Road,\u27 \u27Desert Places,\u27 \u27Come In,\u27 and \u27Directive\u27 map, in sequence, the road Robert Frost took into the dark woods, and record the serial ordeal he survived by surrendering himself to the conflicts such poems dramatize. Earlier in Chapter IX, Servant Responsibility in a Bureaucratic Society, I quoted from New Hampshire and The Night Light passages which suggest the contrast between the gay and light-hearted conversationalist I knew in face-to-face meeting and the vast inner world of both terror and laughter that he confronted in his poetry
Servant-Leadership and Psychological Hardiness
Get PDFThe multitude of changes occurring in society increasingly call upon leaders to engage in more participative, servant-oriented approaches to leadership. At the same time, these changes are likely increasing the stress and strain that leaders face on a daily basis. Thus, those who would answer the call to serve and lead face the challenge of withstanding the pressures of the day. This research study explores this challenge by testing the relationship between self-perceived psychological hardiness and servant-leadership within the context of a public institution of higher education. If a strong positive relationship exists between these variables, then this may further support the validity of servant-leadership as a model for effectively leading institutions in today\u27s high-change, high-stress society
Bernie’s Truth: Introducing Servant-Leadership through a Case Study of Leadership’s Effect on Organizational Culture
Get PDFThe narrative case study presented in this article takes place in a Midwestern city with a population that exceeds one hundred thousand residents. The city has a long history of labor/management problems complicated by political corruption and professional inbreeding with regard to appointing city employees; from the lowest levels to the very top leadership positions. The resulting organizational culture has created a cadre of Good 01\u27 Boys where politics rule over expertise, common sense, and ethical judgment. It is in this environment we introduce Bernie Russo, a fictitious character based on the real prototype of command and control leadership that exists the world over. In this article, and the accompanying analysis, Bernie Russo has finally advanced from firefighter to fire chief during a long career in the department. He has an extensive history of misbehavior during his tenure on the department, but most of his shenanigans have been covered up through influence peddling and political favors. He epitomizes a corrupt public official
Resurgence of the Traditional Justice System in Postcolonial Benin (Nigeria) Society
Get PDFRules and norms of behaviour are common features in human society. This is confirmed by human being’s desire for protection, fairness and mutual respect from fellow humans in their social groups. Recognized authorities whose sanctions are respected help to ensure fairness and mutual respect for each other. For the traditional Benin (African) society, the issue of law and justice is the joint concern of the deities, ancestors and the human members within the society. The aim of this paper, is to examine (i) the relevance of traditional justice system in postcolonial Benin (African) society; and (ii) the unwavering respect for traditional values which the Benin (African) people have maintained even in a postcolonial era; and argue that the continual preference for traditional methods of obtaining justice by the people of Benin (Africa) are not unconnected with the inherent limitations of the received English legal system within an African terrain. As insiders, we propose a harmonization of a ‘euro-afro-centric judicial system, for we believe that this would be beneficial and progressive for us as a people in quest for justice in a postcolonial Benin (African) society
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Football Coach Training Curriculum For Parents
Get PDFFootball is an extremely passionate game and has created interest from many different age groups in the United States. In particular, youth football is especially popular with children in the fifth and sixth grade age group and their parents. With injuries such as concussions becoming a massive concern nationally across all playing levels (youth, high school, college, and professional), the popularity of football is not diminishing with parents continuing to register their children to play youth football. In many youth football leagues across the country, parents are often used as coaches. Some parents, who have limited to no experience coaching youth football, believe they have an appropriate amount of coaching experience to become an assistant coach or head coach of a youth football team. The problem is when parents that want to help coach football do not have the level of youth football coaching experience, do not have the appropriate training to communicate proper football techniques (such as blocking and tackling) or have the skill to communicate effectively when players make mistakes. To address this issue, a football coach training curriculum has been developed for parents. Behavior Alteration Techniques are included in the training curriculum to help parents more effectively communicate to players regarding proper techniques and after a mistake is made (McCroskey, Kearney, Plax, Richmond, 1985; Cayanus, Martin, Rocca, Weber, 2009). The overall goal is to make parents more knowledgeable about fundamental blocking/tackling techniques and to give them communication techniques that can be used with youth football players when mistakes occur in practices or games