Critical Interpersonal and Family Communication Pedagogy

Charting New Futurities

Mick B. Brewer, Sandra L. Faulkner

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040257616
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Communication Studies

This volume establishes critical interpersonal and family communication pedagogy (CIFCP) as a distinct academic area of inquiry, highlighting the intersections of identity, power, culture, pedagogy, and interpersonal and family communication concepts, theories, and methods.

This practical, theoretical, and aspirational collection by interpersonal and family communication (IPFC) scholars and teachers shines a spotlight on, through a diversity of methods, some of the ways that power both emanates within the classroom and informs intellectual instruction. Providing examples that connect critical theories and concepts with topics common in IPFC classrooms, such as conflict, relational tension, disclosure, listening, and family dynamics, the book illustrates how critical concepts can be uniquely addressed and unpacked in IPFC classrooms through a variety of assignments, teaching activities, and discussion prompts, and promotes and normalizes the ongoing reflexive practices of IPFC instructors.

This book will interest academics and upper-level students working in the areas of Critical Methodology, Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, and Relationship Science.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Section 1 Activating the Bridgework: Coupling Interpersonal and Family Communication Research with Criticality
• Section 2 Praxiological Criticality: Applying the CIFC Framework in the Classroom
• Section 3 Ruminations from the Front Lines: Reflecting on and Confronting Power In and Around the IPFC Classroom
• Index