Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09041
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Pages 24-35 in Tema Milstein, Mairi Pileggi, and Eric Morgan (editors), Environmental communication pedagogy and practice. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, England. 277 pages.
Online from publication., Essay about the career, writings, and perspectives of a long-time faculty member at the University of Montana. One perspective emphasized: "Aging is unavoidable. Growing up, though, takes work."
Noting the rapid growth of journalism curricula in American colleges, the author emphasizes how "journalism has been and remains today without any well understood training course for its teachers" and with excessive emphasis upon practical training. Includes a comparative reference to agriculture curricula in that regard. Describes needed criteria for such curricula, and for teacher qualifications.