Instructor nonverbal communication: Listening to our silent messages
✍ Scribed by Janis F. Andersen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 540 KB
- Volume
- 1986
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0633
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✦ Synopsis
Nonverbal behavior, a communication process poorly understood and controlled by most teachers, can greatly enhance the image of the teacher and the affective learning of students.
Instructor Nonverbal Communication: Listening - to Our Silent Messages Janis F. Andersen Successful instruction, learning, and communication are inextricably linked. Both communication and instruction are processes that attempt to establish meaning, transmit messages and influence thinking. Both are said to occur when information is exchanged or behavior is altered. The communication process is the primary means by which instruction is accomplished, conuibwing substantially to student learning. This chapter examines one aspect of the relationship between communication and instruction by emphasizing instructors' nonverbal behaviors that enhance student learning.
Obviously, college instruction can be improved in a variety of ways. Better facilities, better students, better instructional materials, and better teachers improve instruction. In fact, many of these components interact with each other. For example, excellent materials encourage better instruction from teachers which creates greater student motivation. However, in an era of tighter budgets and declining or steady-state financial support for instructional facilities and materials, instructor improvement is a most important resource. Most instructors recognize that teaching becomes more rewarding as one becomes more effective, and most want to improve their teaching.