Pedagogy, Disability and Communication

Applying Disability Studies in the Classroom
Herausgeber: Jeffress, Michael S

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together a range of perspectives from communication and disability studies scholars, this collection provides a theoretical foundation along with practical solutions for the inclusion of disability studies within the everyday curriculum. It examines a variety of aspects of communication studies including interpersonal, intercultural, health, political and business communication as well as ethics, gender and public-speaking, offering case study examples and pedagogical strategies as to the best way to approach the subject of disability in education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781138225527
• ISBN-10: 1138225525
• Artikelnr.: 48209339

Autorenporträt

Michael S. Jeffress (Ph.D., Regent University) is a Lecturer in Communication Studies in the Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies at The University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad. He has been involved in disability advocacy work since the mid-1990s, after his son Ryan was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In 2014, he received the Top Paper Award from the Disability Issues Caucus of the National Communication Association. His previous title in the Interdisciplinary Disability Studies series is Communication, Sport and Disability: The Case of Power Soccer.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors
List of abbreviations
Preface (Michael S. Jeffress)
Chapter 1: Disability Studies in the Communication Ethics Classroom:
Pedagogies of Justice and Voice (Joy M. Cypher)
Chapter 2: Creating a College Course on Communication and Disability
(Elaine Bass Jenks)
Chapter 3: Exploring Communication between the Differently Abled and the
Temporarily Able-Bodied in a Special Topics Course (J. W. Smith, Stephanie
Döhling, and Katherine Rush)
Chapter 4: Incorporating Disability Studies into the Communication
Classroom through a High Impact Engagement Nonverbal Communication
Assignment (Paula K. Baldwin and Michael S. Jeffress)
Chapter 5: Sexuality and People with Disabilities: A Workshop within an
Interpersonal Communication Course (Kaori Miyawaki, Kate Ksobiech, Suzen
Wildermuth, and Elizabeth Houtz)
Chapter 6: Reframing the Gender Communication Classroom: Utilizing
Disability Pedagogy (Brian Grewe, Jr.)
Chapter 7: Bodies of Dis-Ease: Towards the Re-Conception of "Health" in
Health Communication (Andrew Spieldenner and Elena Anadolis)
Chapter 8: Disability Cultures and the Intercultural Communication Course
(Alberto González and Andrew Donofrio)
Chapter 9: Disability and Communication in the Virtual Classroom (Michael
G. Strawser)
Chapter 10: Eyes Wide Open: Student Involvement in ASD Research and TBI
Critical Experiential Learning in a Media Literacy Class (Laura C. Farrell
and Ginnifer L. Mastarone)
Chapter 11: Enhancing Campus Accessibility: A Disability Studies Approach
to Teaching Technical Communication (Rebecca Miner)
Chapter 12: Exploring the Intersection of Ableism, Image Building and
Hegemonic Masculinity in the Political Communication Classroom (Emily
Stones)
Chapter 13: Unleashing Disability Perspectives in the Public Speaking
Course (Bettina Brockmann and Michael S. Jeffress)