TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the scope of a field
T2 - Using awards to enhance graduate student socialization and network building
AU - Frisby, Brandi N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 National Communication Association.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Graduate courses are designed to help students learn discipline-specific knowledge, theories, and methods, but also to socialize them into the larger professional network. The awards assignment in this paper is designed to familiarize students with a wide variety of scholars and research within a field of study, to engage them creatively with synthesizing and assessing a field of study, to build strong arguments, and to enhance their socialization and networking opportunities. Course: Any graduate-level survey course focused on a particular area of communication studies (e.g. instructional communication, health communication, family communication). Objectives: (1) Understand the historical, philosophical, and foundational roots of a field of study, including people, concepts, theories, and research studies. (2) Critically evaluate scholars, constructs, theories, and research. (3) Develop sound and supported arguments regarding critical evaluations and decisions. (4) Socialize students into a field of study. (5) Begin building students’ scholarly networking opportunities.
AB - Graduate courses are designed to help students learn discipline-specific knowledge, theories, and methods, but also to socialize them into the larger professional network. The awards assignment in this paper is designed to familiarize students with a wide variety of scholars and research within a field of study, to engage them creatively with synthesizing and assessing a field of study, to build strong arguments, and to enhance their socialization and networking opportunities. Course: Any graduate-level survey course focused on a particular area of communication studies (e.g. instructional communication, health communication, family communication). Objectives: (1) Understand the historical, philosophical, and foundational roots of a field of study, including people, concepts, theories, and research studies. (2) Critically evaluate scholars, constructs, theories, and research. (3) Develop sound and supported arguments regarding critical evaluations and decisions. (4) Socialize students into a field of study. (5) Begin building students’ scholarly networking opportunities.
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U2 - 10.1080/17404622.2019.1575431
DO - 10.1080/17404622.2019.1575431
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061577747
SN - 1740-4622
VL - 33
SP - 276
EP - 280
JO - Communication Teacher
JF - Communication Teacher
IS - 4
ER -