Communicating in the classroom

Communicating in the Classroom
1. Collect/Learn
Effective communication is necessary in the educational environment if the learning process is to take place. A dialogue must be established between the teachers and the students and the students among themselves if any learning is going to occur. As the title of this component states, this dialogue is present not only in verbal communication, but also in non-verbal gestures and nuances and through certain types of media. The book breaks down the three areas where communication is crucial as being in instruction, in the class climate, and in the classroom features. I am going to primarily focus on certain aspects of classroom instruction.
Class discussions should be an element of almost every lesson. They offer a quick and easy assessment, and depending upon the reaction of the students they can even determine the pace of the material being studied. If the class as a whole appears to not understand then a little reinforcemen...