Section Name
Pedagogy in the Basic Course
Abstract
This essay presents the hidden distinction between the idealized accountability and the realized accountability of the basic communication course. It illuminates this difference as this difference is evidenced in the ethical dimension of the rhetoric of basic communication course instructors'manuals. Contrary to popular myth, the basic communication course does not aim to reinforce the importance of the creation and maintenance of students' or instructors' identities, but aims to reinforce the importance of the creation and maintenance of educational systems. That is, this course mystifies one type of social hierarchy rather than elucidating many.
Recommended Citation
Greenberg, Karen
(1989)
"The Necessity of Separating Idealized Accountability from Realized Accountability: A Case Study,"
Basic Communication Course Annual: Vol. 1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bcca/vol1/iss1/12
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