Editors’ introduction communication education in K-12: yes, still a concern for higher education

Abstract

Even though speaking and listening are included in the Common Core standards for K-12 education, communication scholars have had relatively little influence on the teaching of communication at this level or on the training of future K-12 teachers who will teach these skills. In their essay titled, “Communication Education in K-12: Yes, Still a Concern for Higher Education,” David Yastremski and Sherwyn Morreale argued that the communication discipline has a responsibility to develop a K-12 communication pedagogy research agenda and advocate for including communication in curriculum for preservice teachers. For this forum, we asked authors to respond to the questions and concerns raised in this stimulus essay, taking care to articulate ways that Communication Education scholarship can further help to address one of the four strategies articulated in the essay: