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In the fall of 2002 we responded to a university wide request by our home institution for proposals to develop a learning community involving two basic studies classes and an integrative freshman seminar. While learning communities are well established at many institutions this would be UNCWs first such effort and we saw this as an exciting opportunity to work together and offer students a new perspective on our respective disciplines. We responded to the request with a proposal--Talking Heads: Politics and Public Speaking and proposed to thematically link a section of American Government with a section of Public Speaking. The basic idea was to emphasize the public speaking and rhetoric of politics across our classes with a small cohort of students who would learn and live together. We have just finished the planning and teaching of our community and this is our story. |
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Name: Southern Political Science Association
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| Meinhold, Stephen., Rohler, Lloyd. and Walker, Riley. "Talking Heads: Politics and Public Speaking - Perspectives on a Political Science and Communication Studies Learning Community" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Inter-Continental Hotel, New Orleans, LA, Jan 08, 2004 <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p68137_index.html> |
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| Meinhold, S. , Rohler, L. and Walker, R. , 2004-01-08 "Talking Heads: Politics and Public Speaking - Perspectives on a Political Science and Communication Studies Learning Community" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Inter-Continental Hotel, New Orleans, LA Online <.PDF>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p68137_index.html |
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Abstract: In the fall of 2002 we responded to a university wide request by our home institution for proposals to develop a learning community involving two basic studies classes and an integrative freshman seminar. While learning communities are well established at many institutions this would be UNCWs first such effort and we saw this as an exciting opportunity to work together and offer students a new perspective on our respective disciplines. We responded to the request with a proposal--Talking Heads: Politics and Public Speaking and proposed to thematically link a section of American Government with a section of Public Speaking. The basic idea was to emphasize the public speaking and rhetoric of politics across our classes with a small cohort of students who would learn and live together. We have just finished the planning and teaching of our community and this is our story. |
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| “…it was almost all like one big class”(an unidentified community participant): A Political Scientist Communication Studies Professor and Freshman Advisor Reflect on Participating in a Learning Community Stephen Meinhold1 Lloyd Rohler2 and Riley Walker3 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1 Department of Political Science 2 Department of Communication Studies 3 UNCW General College (send all correspondence to Stephen Meinhold at meinholds@uncw.edu) Prepared presented at the annual meeting of The Southern Political Science Association New Orleans Intercontinental Hotel New |
| We taught our courses in the dorm and had a new pair of slippers to admire nearly every week—one student wrote “having classes in the dorm was awesome.” In sum one student wrote on their evaluation “I loved Talking Heads” and so did we! References Ahum Sean. 2003. “Learning Communities Create a Richer Learning-Centered Environment for Students and Faculty.” UNCW Magazine 14(1): 8-10. National Learning Communities Project Evergreen State University. http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu/ Smith Barbara Leigh. 2001. “The Challenge of Learning |
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