Abstract
The present study investigates Interpersonal Communication (IPC) Course in Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in summer school 2017. It seeks to explore how students gain information through experiential knowledge from IPC course whereas this course taught students about self-awareness based on constructivist theory and helped them use their experiences for creating their own knowledge. This IPC course also tried to teach them how to develop their own knowledge then transfers to their lives. Participants of the study were chosen from both Turkish and English IPC course with based on ethnographic approach and focus group was used for data collection in order to understanding deeply students’ opinions, experiences, and awareness about IPC in their lives.
Highlights
Interpersonal Communication (IPC) course has been taught over the years in communication faculties
Present study has been conducted in IPC course at Eastern Mediterranean University in summer school 2017
In summer school 2017 IPC course offered as a university elective course which can be selected by the summer school students who studied another department/faculty
Summary
Interpersonal Communication (IPC) course has been taught over the years in communication faculties. The present paper seeks to explore how students use their experiences for creating their own knowledge how to transfer that into their lives. IPC course helped students to understand IPC components which are explanation, why we communicate, and self-perception in communication, verbal and non-verbal communication emotions and communication climate (Wood, 2015).For the present study Constructivist Theory of Learning is found convenient one because constructivism as a worldview or perspective sets that learning is a dynamic, productive process. How students gain information through IPC course build their own knowledge transfer to their daily lives willbe investigated and students’ self-awareness is evaluated through focus group interviews with nineteen students (eight from English IPC course and eleven from Turkish IPC course)
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