Welcome to your Speech Communication course web site! Click on the Links page above for more information about each course.  At those sites you can access the syllabus, course calendar, each assignment description, and other useful information.  The information at this site includes a broad range of areas, some theoretical, others pedagogical, and still others philosophical.

Your Professor, Dr. Fox Dan Fox, Ph.D. joined Monterey Peninsula College in Fall of 2002.  He currently serves as the chair of the Department of Speech Communication.   His academic path:   1. Southwestern College (A.A., 1988), then to 2. San Diego State University (B.A., 1992), 3. California State University, Chico (Single-Subject & Multiple-Subject teaching credentials, 1994), and 4. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (M.S., 1995, Ph.D., 1999).  He is currently doing post-doc study with Master's Divinity & Graduate School for the D.Min.   His teaching path:   1.  High school instruction in northern California (part-time over two years). 2.  Four years as a graduate teaching assistant at SIUC. 3.  Adjunct faculty at Mira Costa College (Oceanside, Ca.) and Southwestern College (San Diego). 4.  Three years as an assistant professor at CSU Fresno. 5.  Monterey Peninsula College.  Now a tenured professor of Speech Communication and Department Chair.

My Approach to Teaching & Learning

I take a more active approach to teaching, based largely on (1) the research indicating that students are more engaged in the learning process when they can do so ACTIVELY, and on (2) my own experience as a student, where I found myself learning more, with greater enthusiasm, and greater mastery of skills when I actively engaged the subject matter in relevant ways.

Methods that fit within the Active Learning area might include Problem Based Learning (PBL), case method, simulations, role plays, person-to-person team problems, experiential tasks, cooperative learning (small groups), service-learning, field experiences, games, oral presentations, and discussion leading formats.  Of the active strategies, Problem Based Learning is a favorite, since it engages learners with real problems (or simulated ones) and challenges them to become better decision-makers, workmates, and problem-solvers.

This web site will help you

At this website I have endeavored to provide the necessary information for each of the courses that I teach at Monterey Peninsula College.  Course syllabi can be accessed on separate web pages devoted solely to that course. 

You can access this from anywhere where you have a computer terminal (such as a library or a friend's house). If you happen to be working on a project with colleagues, for example, and you don't have your notebook with you, the group can simply get online to reference the syllabus, or to email me directly for help.

Contacting the professor

Dr. Fox can be contacted at:

Monterey Peninsula College
Humanities Division
980 Fremont St.
Monterey, Ca. 93940
(831) 645-1305
Office: BH 103F

Errors clause:  if there are errors on these pages, they are solely my own, and probably due to speedy typing on weary days while lacking spell-check capacity in this Freeserver software.  If you catch an error, please send me an email about it!

 

Email at dfox@mpc.edu