The Interiority of the Educator: Does It Matter to Good Teaching in Communication?

• In Event: Sustaining and Transforming the Communication Discipline: Examining the Relationship of Spirituality and Communication

Abstract

While the concept of spirituality is not well defined, several authors are beginning to give attention to its connections to leadership, the workplace, and to good teaching. Parker Palmer suggests that the teacher's integration of integrity and identity are linked to effectiveness as well as professional growth. Little scholarly work in the communication field focuses on the communicator/educator as the integration of spirit and self; yet such integration appears to be at the nexus of authenticity. This presentation explores connections among integrity, identity and authenticity for the communication educator.

Author

• Marie Friedemann, Regis University