Introduction
American education philosopher John Dewey in his book ‘Democracy and Education’ said, ‘Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it may be fairly said to exist in transmission, in communication.’ And schooling is one of the systems which communication happens between different groups of people so that the existing society can continue to exist by means of imparting established knowledge, skills and value within that society. Undoubtedly, we all know the importance of communication within school; we are only not sure about what kind of communication can be considered as effective in the school setting. In this paper, therefore I am going to discuss the topic Effective Communication in School, especially on the part of teacher-student communication.
In order to proceed, we must first define the topic clearly. What I mean effective communication between teachers and students is teachers can clearly deliver his/her instruction, the knowledge, skills and value he/she would like to teach without much distortion and loss during comprehension. For example, a liberal studies teacher wants to teacher his/her students the meaning of rule of law and said its meaning is more than observing law because the ultimate goal is to achieve justice. After the lesson, the students do not know how to balance law observation and achieving justice and why they cannot achieve justice by means of observing law. Here we can see that the educator cannot deliver his/her message effectively.
Relationship building
In order to make communication effective between teachers and students, a good relationship is necessary. If the students are hostile towards the teachers, it is impossible that the teacher can have his/...
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...rt, we define effective communication between teachers and students as teacher can deliver the knowledge he/she would like to introduce to students. Therefore picking the useful instructional communication strategies is important to effective communication in classroom as those strategies are affecting the quality of the messages being transferred.
Putting yourself in students’ shoes
Again, John Dewey in Democracy and Education mentioned that ‘Failure to bear in mind the difference in subject matter from the respective standpoints of teacher and student is responsible for most of the mistakes in……expressions of knowledge’. Here Dewey pinpointed a common mistake by teachers which is the failure to take students’ perspective. Teachers are too familiar with the knowledge they teach and cannot understand why students fail to cognize the subject matter. As an educator,
The second principle is on Professional Relationship with students, as educator we are always to professional at all times whether we are in or out of the classroom. Moreover, parents trust us to be a safe haven for their children and to look after their children’s wellbeing while in a school setting. As part of this profess...
A student and teacher should be able to openly communicate or discuss the content and/or topic in class. To begin the educating process, one must set the correct tone and setting for it. Education is supposed to be an “experience”. An experience is supposed to engage all that are involved in it. “That every reader, everyone engaged in any teaching or learning practice, explicitly wonders about his or her work as teacher or pupil, in mathematics, history, biology, or grammar classes, is of little importance. That as teacher or pupil in the experience of the critical instruction in content that all explicitly engage a “reading of the world” that would be of a political nature, is not of the highest necessity” (Freire 49). ...
The poem “Students,” by Tom Wayman and the story, “Crow Lake,” by Mary Lawson presents two teachers who cope with the same difficulties of teaching. Although the teachers are faced with identical circumstances, their resolutions for the problem vary. Wayman, in the poem, and the narrator in the story both fails to make connection with their students, however, Wayman understands his students’ behavior while the narrator refuses to communicate and simply gives up on teaching.
Utterances (1)-(5) are very direct, clear, and unambiguous. These utterances are purposed to be effective delivered. Additionally, the teacher has more power than the students, so this strategy must be commonly used though the occurrence in only four times in thirty minute discussion. Utterances (1), (2), (4), and (5) are used for their function to give command to the students, while utterance (3) seems to be used to disagree with the student directly to prevent misconception.
Effective communication is a key principle for developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults. By ensuring that communication is effective it provides clarity on what behaviour is expected and a clear understanding of the tasks. In providing this children and young people will feel they are able to join in and it also provides positive experiences in variety of situations. The result is children will feel more at ease within the school setting and with those around them. By listening to what a child, young person or adult has to say a sense of value and self-worth can be achieved, which forms another factor in developing positive relationships, trust.
Effective communication also helps children to feel comfortable in class or in any setting such as playground or shared areas. Teacher needs to act as a role model. Sometimes teacher needs to demonstrate the right behaviour to children by setting up a standard. Teacher doesn't need to say it directly to children but they will learn slowly from teacher then they know their limit and boundaries.
Cooper, P. Simonds, C (1999). Communication for the Classroom Teacher. 6th ed. Needham: Allyn & Bacon. p1-2.
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Another concern that some students might have is communication. Some students might not need to have a teacher in front of them and teach the course material to them, to whereas some students might need the te...
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