From: COLTONR%SNYSYRV1.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Ray Colton)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Invitation to Join AAPS- Meeting at ASHA
Date: 12 Dec 92 12:31:03 GMT
Reply-To: COLTONR%SNYSYRV1.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Ray Colton)
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26709

[Note from Bill McGarry - this is from the Speech disorders
(COMMDIS) mailing list]

The American Association of Phonetic Sciences is composed of
individuals interested in the promotion of the phonetic sciences in
the U.S. and the encouragement of excellence in the teaching of the
phonetic sciences. Phonetic sciences does not simply mean phonetics
but all those disciplines concerned with the production and
perception of speech. Our membership is small but dedicated to the
aims of the association. We usually meet once a year in conjunction
with the ASHA meeting but have on occasion met with the Acoustical
Society of America at their fall meetings. I invited any one
interested in the phonetic sciences to join the association. Our
address is AAPS P.O. Box 1409 5 University Station, University of
Florida, Gainesville Fl  32604. Students are welcome, their dues
are only $5.00/year.

We had an excellent meeting in San Antonio Tx on November 22, 1992.
The program was organized by John Michel, Univ of Kansas and
featured four individua ls from two different universities talking
about what they teach in various phoneti c science courses and
discussing their philosophy of teaching. It was not meant to be a
complete presentation but rather an example of the kind of program
we should have in the future, either at ASHA or in our own meeting
time. But the exciting part of the meeting came after the formal
presentations.

George Allen from Michigan State University told the audience about
his frustrations with teaching and his attempts to learn about new
ways of teaching.  He briefly discussed another model of teaching
(sort of a problem-solving approach) that he believed could be more
effective, especially at the graduate level. I think all
individuals in attendance became enthused about the possibilities
and thought that we should explore programs in the future that
could probe into the topicd further. I hope George will post a
message soon to this network explaining some of the details about
this model of teaching.

At the business meeting, we discussed plans for future programs.
Rick McGuire agreed to explore the possibility of a program
converned with computer applications that might be held as part of
the computer applications section of the ASHA program. Anyone with
ideas should direct them to Rick. We also hope to develop a program
about the models of teaching phonetic sciences.

Also at the business meeting, it was suggested that we use the
CommDis network as the vehicle for information interchange among
AAPS members and I hope that most of our members with networking
capability saw Rick's message posted on December 8. I hope that we
can use any discussion on the network for our newsletter so that
members without networking capability can learn what is happening.

This message is long enough. If you are interested in joining AAPS,
please send your name and address to the address given earlier in
this message. Also, let's get a dialog going.

Ray Colton
President, AAPS