Teaching
“We teach who we are.”
Parker Palmer (1998)
Students:
What can you anticipate in my courses?
- The potential for significant contribution through service learning
- High expectations for personal creativity in presentations
- Dialogue with those who are different from you
- A challenge to discover your unique strengths
- Interdependence with classmates
- An intense learning opportunity
- A professor who is passionate about the subject of communication and the process of teaching and learning.
Student Quotes from Intercultural Communication course journals written during Amazon Rainforest trip (see photo):
“Grade? The grade didn’t matter anymore. We were affecting the lives of other people, so we gave it our all. Do whatever you can, you can’t mess up…that’s what we told each other.”
“I feel I grew into a better human being on this trip, one who is better aware of the world and the good and the bad in this world. I will never be the same and I hope to continue educating myself on this amazing world we live in. I don’t want to just live in this world but rather I want to experience this world.”
Courses:
- Oral Interpretation Comm 265
- Intercultural Communication Comm 318
- Speech in the Elementary Classroom Comm 447
- Methods of Teaching Speech Comm. in the Secondary Schools Comm 441
- Communication and Conflict Comm 326
- Advanced Public Speaking Comm 303
- Student Teaching Supervision/Seminar (for Speech Comm. Education Majors)
- Clinical Teaching Supervision/Seminar (for Speech Comm. Education Majors)
Advising:
Communication Students:
Communication students are assigned an advisor – check your STAR report. Contact me by e-mail (carrell@uwosh.edu) to get my schedule and to set up an appointment. If you are trying to find me, be aware that my office time is split between the AC building and Faculty Development.
Education Student Advising:
- All Language Arts/Speech Elementary Education minors and Speech Communication Education majors or minors should meet with me for advising so they can be aware of course offering schedules. Those working toward student teaching in Speech Communication are encouraged to meet with me frequently.
- If you are considering Speech Communication Education please feel free to contact me so we can discuss the possibilities and how they fit with your goals and gifts.
- Some pre-requisites for communication courses listed in the Bulletin are waived for Education students via a sign-in process. Again, please see me and/or the department chair for guidance with your communication coursework.
Teaching-Related Awards:
- Weaver Award for Outstanding College Educator
Awarded by the Wisconsin Communication Association - Outstanding Teaching Award
Awarded by the Central States Communication Association - Wisconsin Teaching Fellow
Awarded by the UW-System Office of Professional Instructional Development
“I have decided that real learning involves a change of attitude and behavior no less than does real teaching. I have come to believe that teaching is more of a calling forth of wholeness to be a better person than just a jamming in of information; that it must deal with the entire person, not just the mind. Teaching should make students and teachers aware of their sacredness, give them high expectations of themselves, and change their lives.”
Schmier (1995)