Publisher's Synopsis
As the only multi-paradigmatic collection of research in the field, this Handbook brings together a comprehensive range of essays to serve as a fully inclusive resource. Deanna L. Fassett and John T. Warren, along with two section editors and twenty-nine additional contributors, provide a balanced overview of various paradigms in the field-social scientific, interpretive, and critical.
Key Features
- Three sections, addressing overlapping issues in communication and instruction, collectively represent multiple paradigms. This allows the reader to experience the depth and nuance available in communications studies.
- Each perspective is granted its own foundational chapter to provide an orientation to the discipline.
- Each contributor sets the agenda for their approach, helping the reader identify where the field is headed and where future research might be beneficial.
- Besides reviews of extant literature, demonstrating where the field has been, this Handbook also includes chapters that share topical new findings.
SECTION I: Communication Education
Ann Darling, Section Editor
SECTION II: Instructional Communication
Scott A. Myers, Section Editor
SECTION III: Critical Communication Pedagogy
John T. Warren and Deanna L. Fassett, Section Editors
This Handbook will benefit scholars, graduate students, and general readers-irrespective of method or disciplinary background-who are interested in the connections between communication and instruction.
