Blazing a Trail in International Speech Education
Gladys Borchers successfully added to the conversation on quality of education in high school and college classroom, but she did not stop there with the articles that she put into The Speech Teacher during her time as editor. Borchers introduced two new concepts to the journal, international speech education and influential individuals in the field of speech communication education.
Borchers tied in at least one article per issue of the journal to international speech education. As there are a multitude of examples, these are just a sampling of the types of articles published. In the article, “Speech Education in Scandinavia,” author Mildred E. Berry (1961) was able to detail the state of speech communication education in Scandinavia. Berry (1961) explores the ways by which speech communication is addressed in the classroom in Scandinavia and how best to instruct students on the topic. The second article, “Speech Education in Mexico,” written by Virgil G. Logan (1962) takes a similar approach to exploring speech communication in Mexico, or there lack of a class that focuses on this idea. The addition of this article contributes to the idea of the need of speech communication education. The third article written by Christian Winkler (1961) titled, “Basic Forms of Conversation: A Chapter of The German Art of Speaking” takes on the challenges of examining the structure of the German language and applies it to conversation. This adds to the dimension of the exploration that the journal does to international speech and its application to the field of education. The final article written by Ronald E. Mitchell is titled, “A German Educational Theatre Enterprise.” Mitchell take...
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