Communication Education published in January, April, July and October, is a leading journal for scholarship on discourse and instruction. Published continuously for over 50 years, it includes original empirical, critical, historical, and theoretic studies bearing on the intersections of communication, instruction, and human development. It encompasses diverse disciplinary, conceptual, and methodological perspectives, especially research in the following areas:

• Classroom discourse
• Life-span development of communication competence
• Mediating instructional communication with technology
• Diverse backgrounds of learners and teachers in instructional interaction
• Interaction in informal education such as mentoring or coaching, and in varied instructional settings such as workplaces and community centers.
• Learning outcomes and processes in the discipline of communication studies.
• Rhetorical and organizational aspects of communication among educational agencies, among policy-makers, and among their stakeholders.

Each issue of Communication Education also features reports of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Communication. These articles are driven by questions about how an instructional communication practice influenced the teaching and learning of a particular subject in a particular setting.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.

About the National Communication Association (NCA):

The National Communication Association is the world's largest professional association of scholars, educators, students and practitioners dedicated to studying and promoting effective and ethical communication. With more than 7,000 members representing every state in the U.S. and 25 other countries, NCA provides a wide variety of professional development opportunities, publishes and disseminates significant communication scholarship and advances the communication discipline through meaningful research, teaching, and service.

NCA provides:

• forums for professional interaction among members
• publishing outlets in NCA journals and special publications
• recognition of outstanding member achievements
• submit memberships based on common interests and concerns
• special projects to enhance effective and ethical communication in diverse communities and society at large
• opportunities for professional development and service
• a voice for the profession on timely issues affecting member and societal interests
• cooperative relationships with other disciplinary and interdisciplinary associations
• visibility for communication studies to a wide range of academic and public audience.

NCA members receive one NCA journal, a monthly newsletter and access to a variety of other services and resources with their membership. For more information about NCA or to join the association, visit www.natcom.org or call +1 202-464-4622.