Looking outside and addressing the crucial issues

IF 0.9 Q3 COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION EDUCATION Pub Date : 2023-08-05 DOI:10.1080/03634523.2023.2234510

Jon A. Hess

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Abstract

Communication educators have done many things well, the cumulative impact of which has served our discipline well. However, there have also been areas where we could have done better. For this forum, I am focusing on the latter, not to dismiss what we do well, but because it offers an opportunity for our discipline. We are in a period of significant change in higher education, a situation that entails both risk and opportunity. The thinner margins and need to demonstrate appreciable return on investment for today’s college students are a challenge for the industry as a whole. But these factors can work in our field’s favor if we understand the opportunity and make the right moves. To do so, we must improve at:

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放眼外部，解决关键问题

传播学教育者在很多方面做得很好，其累积影响对我们的学科很有帮助。然而，我们也有可以做得更好的地方。对于这个论坛，我关注的是后者，并不是要忽视我们做得好的方面，而是因为它为我们的学科提供了一个机会。我们正处于高等教育的重大变革时期，这种形势既蕴含着风险，也蕴含着机遇。如今大学生的利润微薄，而且需要展示可观的投资回报，这对整个行业来说都是一个挑战。但是，如果我们了解机会并采取正确的行动，这些因素就会对我们的领域有利。为此，我们必须在以下方面有所提高:

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COMMUNICATION EDUCATION EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

34.80%

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期刊介绍： Communication Education is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. Communication Education publishes original scholarship that advances understanding of the role of communication in the teaching and learning process in diverse spaces, structures, and interactions, within and outside of academia. Communication Education welcomes scholarship from diverse perspectives and methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, and critical/textual approaches. All submissions must be methodologically rigorous and theoretically grounded and geared toward advancing knowledge production in communication, teaching, and learning. Scholarship in Communication Education addresses the intersections of communication, teaching, and learning related to topics and contexts that include but are not limited to: • student/teacher relationships • student/teacher characteristics • student/teacher identity construction • student learning outcomes • student engagement • diversity, inclusion, and difference • social justice • instructional technology/social media • the basic communication course • service learning • communication across the curriculum • communication instruction in business and the professions • communication instruction in civic arenas In addition to articles, the journal will publish occasional scholarly exchanges on topics related to communication, teaching, and learning, such as: • Analytic review articles: agenda-setting pieces including examinations of key questions about the field • Forum essays: themed pieces for dialogue or debate on current communication, teaching, and learning issues