"Peer Communication" as an elective subject in high school (USA)

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"Peer Communication" as an elective subject in high school (USA)

elderberrywine

"Peer Communication" as an elective subject in high school (USA)

Hello everybody,

again I rely on your generous and kind help.
Has anyone ever heard of a school subject (an elective) called "Peer Communication" in American High Schools?
I �m looking for examples and for a curriculum of this subject but don �t seem to find any. Hope someone out there can help.
Thanks in advance
Dorothea

6 Aug 2009

Mariethe House

Could that be of any use to you? I just googled: peer education in American high schools..

http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/garp/articles/taylor98.pdf

6 Aug 2009

elderberrywine

very good of you, mariethe, but no, this is a study about AfroAmercian youngsters, and I �m looking for schools that teach this subject because I need to find out what it is about.
thanks anyway, ch�re amie

6 Aug 2009

Mariethe House

Dear Dorothea,
I am glad the system of points for helping others and suggested by Victor hasn �t been accepted because I would be of NO USE!!! LOL

More seeriously, haven´t you tried to pm some American esl members?

Bonne chance et bonne nuit!

6 Aug 2009

aftab57

Follow read more and look at the press articles on the right as well.

http://www.princetonleadership.org/pgc.html

http://www.edmentoring.org/pubs/factsheet7.pdf

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/171691.pdf

7 Aug 2009

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I can send you a PDF file from EBSCO (a researcher database) if you email me an email address.

I can �t send you the link from here, because there is a password/username to it.

Have you tried ERIC? www.eric.ed.gov/ there is plenty of material on the subject, such as:

Peer Interaction and Writing Development in a Social Studies High School Classroom (ED505545) (very recent one)

Here We Go ´Round and ´Round: A Process of Peer Evaluation (EJ839128) (very recent one)

An Exploratory Analysis of Communication in Peer-Directed Educational Discourse (EJ845752) (very recent one)

In ERIC, there are 3691 articles on the subject.

Since you mentioned it�s a school subject, I wonder if you mean peer communication or, more specifically, peer tutoring or peer mentoring.

There are also many books on the subject such as E.E. Gordon�s Peer Tutoring: A Teacher�s Resource Guide.

7 Aug 2009

elderberrywine

THAT was really helpful and will get me started, thank you so much, aftab57 and nikadixon.
I´m still interested in more links to High Schools.

How wonderful to be able to rely on such a large, helpful community. What privilege to be a member ...
Dorothea

7 Aug 2009