Abstract
Two of the multiple primary tasks facing post-secondary institutions across the country are revisiting and revitalizing general education or core programs and developing appropriate techniques for assessing the value of these programs. Following years of development and refinement, Western Carolina University has created an oral communication general education program that not only meets the needs of individual students, but also encouraged consistency across the curriculum emphasizing and assessing the skills learned in the basic course. We have answered the call for revisitation and reform regarding the best pedagogical and epistemological strategies for developing competent communicators, and our results have been positive. This article presents the development and implementation of this program.
Recommended Citation
Cutspec, Patricia A.; McPherson, Kevin M.; and Spiro, Julie H.
(1999)
"Branching Out to Meet the Needs of Our Students: A Model for Oral Communication Assessment and Curriculum Programs,"
Basic Communication Course Annual: Vol. 11, Article 10.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bcca/vol11/iss1/10
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