The Importance Of Barriers To Effective Communication

Being a teacher, is not an easy job, especially when we face problems with parents refusing to accept that their son or daughter has a learning disability. Communicating to parents that their child has a special need or has behavioral issues is not easy for teachers. A few years back, I had a student that would come to my class late and would be absent most of the time. Every day, he would just sit in the back of the room and make no effort to work. I would talk to him about being more responsible, but he seemed not to care. I would ask him if I could help with anything that he needed so he could do his work, but he would become aggressive. I decided to talk to other teachers to see if they were having the same issue with him and find approaches in how we could resolve this problem with the student and meet his needs. According to Friend and Cook (2013), collaboration gradually has

One barrier that exists in my school is being judgmental. For instance, when we have our weekly math meeting, we discuss different strategies on how to solve math problems in the classroom. During these meetings, I can see some teachers arguing that their strategies are the only methods that will work best. Another barrier to effective communication in my school is one-way communication because I have experienced some administrators, giving a speech in faculty meetings and not asking the audience for input or suggestions. According to Paulsen (2008), the most obvious barrier in developing collaborative relationships with teachers is the lack of time available in a school day. Another barrier to effective communication in my school is interruptions because I have noticed that when I am talking to certain educators, I can perceive that they are not fully listening to me and I get discouraged. Effective communication are most effective when both parties take turns to discuss issues affecting the learning of