Xie, MingChao, Chin-Chung2024-09-242024-09-242023Xie, Ming, and Chin-Chung Chao. “Dialogue about Syllabus for Education of Research Methods in Journalism and Communication: A Contract, a Plan, a Cognitive Map, or a Communication Device?” Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication 13, no.1. (2023): 14-28. https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/cb51e04d-0bbc-407c-8982-aece895b3c6f/UploadedImages/TJMC_13_1__2023__Xie_Chao_Teaching_Research_Methods_.pdf.http://hdl.handle.net/11603/36408This study explores how the teaching of research methods in journalism and communication is embodied through syllabi in U.S. classrooms. Through emails and an online search, this study collects and reviews syllabi from the 102 accredited programs by Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Based on four major distinct purposes of a syllabus —as a contract, a communication device, a plan, and a cognitive map—we examined the current education status of research methods courses and identified strategies of using syllabi as a learner-centered tool which can empower students to be motivated and self-directed learners15 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Text