The Need For Communication.pptx

THE NEED FOR COMMUNICATION

Communication between teachers and students is essential when problem arise. Communication is more than ‘teacher talks’ and ‘student listens’ It also includes non verbal gestures, facial expressions, voice tone and movements

MESSAGE SENT – MESSAGE RECEIVED

• In all the interactions a message is sent and a message is received • Sometimes due to the voice tone or other bodily gestures students misunderstand and misinterpret the teacher’s message. • Students may hear the hidden message and respond to it. • Some classes use ---Paraphrase Rule--- which means a policy whereby the listeners must accurately summarize what a speaker has said before being allowed to respond

DIAGNOSIS: WHOSE PROBLEM IS IT?

• According to Thomas Gordan the key to good teacher- student relationships is determining why are you troubled by a behavior and who owns the problem. • If it is really a student’s problem, the teacher must become the student’s councellor and supporter.

• If the teacher owns the problem, it is the teacher’s biggest responsibility to find a solution through problem solving with the student.

• If you cannot accept the student’s behavior because it blocks you from reaching your goal, then you own the problem • If you get annoyed by a student’s behavior because it is getting in his or her own way then it is surely a student’s problem

CONFRONTATION AND ASSERTIVE LEARNING

• Gordon recommends sending an’ I’ message in order to intervene and change a student’s behavior • I message is a clear statement in a non-judgmental way of what a student is doing and how is it affecting you.

• Lee and Marlene Canter suggest an ‘assertive discipline’ • This means a clear, firm unhostile responsive style. • It is also called the "take-control" approach to teaching, as the teacher controls their classroom in a firm but positive manner. • The approach maintains that teachers must establish rules and directions that clearly define the limits of acceptable and unacceptable student behavior, teach these rules and directions, and ask for assistance from parents and/or administrators when support is needed in handling the behavior of students.

CONFRONTATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS • If ‘I’ messages and Assertive discipline fail, and a student persists in misbehaving, teacher and student are in conflict.

• The two individuals become less able to perceive each other. • Three methods to resolve conflicts are as follows 1. One is for the teacher to impose solution

2. Second is for the teacher to listen to the student’s demands. 3. Third approach is called no- lose -method

• No- lose method means that needs of both the teacher and students are taken into account.

• The no- lose- method is a six step problem solving strategy as follows: • Define the problem • Generate possible solutions

• Evaluate each solution • Make a decision • Determine how to implement the solution • Evaluate the success of the solution

STUDENT CONFLICTS AND CONFRONTATIONS • Peer Harassment • It means teasing and harassing your peers in schools

• Some do’s and don’ts for peer harassment are as follows; • Do’s • Be careful of others feelings • Use humour gently and carefully • Accepting teasing from someone who you tease too. • Try to read others body language ----if they are hurt.

• Help a weaker student if he or she is being ridiculed • Don’ts • Tease someone you don’t know well • Tease a person about his or her body • Tease a person about his or her relatives • Tease about a topic especially if someone has asked you not to • For boys--- don’t tease a girl because of gender difference

VIOLENCE IN THE SCHOOLS • Interpersonal violence and conflicts among peers are a major concern for teachers and parents. • Every nine children in America under 20 are homicide victims and face violence • Consequently many children tend to join gangs to attain security. • The reason for joining these gangs is also due to the insulting and highly aggressive attitude of the teachers