Communication in the Classroom

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Communication in the Classroom
Jane Patton, Ed. D. Communication Studies
Faculty
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Your typical class. . .

• First 5 min.
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• Conclusion

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Instruction depends upon communication

• Your communication
• Students communication ---with you classmates
• Class climate

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Help Hurt
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Kinds of classroom communication

• Presentations, lectures
• Group work
• Interpersonal
• Intercultural

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Tips for Effective Presentations

• Know your audience
• Express ideas clearly explicitly
• Check audiences listening skills
• Gain keep attention
• Be well organized prepared
• Use visual aids effectively
• Remember messages are verbal, visual and vocal

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Effective visual aids

• Can be understood in 6 seconds
• Anchor listeners to the key concepts
• Do not put audience in reading mode
• Enhance (aid) your verbal vocal messages
• C. Hamilton

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Benefits of visual aids

• Improves memory
• Speeds comprehension
• Decreases presentation time
• Adds to speakers credibility
• Decreases nervousness
• Adds interest
• C. HAMILTON

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Don McMillan

• http//vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseactionvids.
  individualvideoID1529637984
• Or google Life after Death by PowerPoint

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Group Communication Skills(students need to
learn them)

• Speak clearly succinctly
• Encourage others to speak
• Dont monopolize
• Listen well paraphrase
• Stick to topic/task
• Human relations skills

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Interpersonal Communication

• Listen give attention
• Paraphrase summarize
• Define terms
• Build rapport trust
• Show empathy respect
• Remember messages are verbal, visual, vocal

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Class Climates (Gibb categories)

• DEFENSIVE
• 1. Evaluation
• 2. Control
• 3. Strategy
• 4. Neutrality
• 5. Superiority
• 6. Certainty

• SUPPORTIVE
• 1. Description
• 2. Problem Orientation
• 3. Spontaneity
• 4. Empathy
• 5. Equality
• 6. Provisionalism

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Intercultural Principles

• Successful comm. depends upon shared meanings.
• Cultural patterns the groups collective
  beliefs, values, norms
• Ones culture language affects ones cognition
  learning
• Native language affects ones world view,
  beliefs, etc.
• Different cultural practices in education
• Differences continuum minor to major.

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Self Reflection Activity
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Our Challenge

• To model and teach effective communication in our
  classrooms