Instating the study of human communication in a first-year higher education teaching programme

• Main Author: De Wet, J.C.
• Other Authors: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 9, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 2015
• Subjects: Human communication; Undergraduate core curriculum; Conceptual analysis; Martin Buber; Philosophical rhetoric
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11462/576

Published Article === The article revisits the concept and phenomenon of human communication to show that it deserves to be part of a first-year undergraduate core curriculum which aims to further knowledge and advance learning. Conceptual analysis and critical and rational argumentation are employed. Teaching students about what human communication really is and, concomitantly, what it entails existentially as well as adopting the appropriate spirit, stance and method for authentic intercultural communication, could go a long way in equipping them to be critical thinkers, competent citizens, and compassionate human beings in the worlds in which they live.