Develop your teaching skills and learn how to motivate students
Teaching requires an understanding of content and people. Every learner is different — which means understanding how people learn, how to encourage and motivate, and how to adapt are essential to developing a good teaching practice.
There are many factors that influence the effectiveness of education:
- the curriculum
- the information that is included or excluded
- the skills and knowledge the student begins with
- choice of physical resources
- delivery techniques
- the student’s commitment
- and the teacher’s teaching abilities.
Teaching ability includes developing a strong teaching-learning relationship with clear communication. If the teacher cannot communicate effectively to facilitate and encourage learning, the content of a course or training session will not be absorbed as intended. Learning is improved when the student is able to communicate their needs and understanding.
Lesson Structure
There are 8 lessons in this course:
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Interpersonal Communication in Education
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Basic principles of communication
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Verbal and non-verbal communication
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Factors affecting communication
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Self-awareness and communication
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Reactive patterns
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Intentions
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Teacher student ratios
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Factors affecting communication in a classroom
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Student diversity
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Student expectations
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Teacher's needs and expectations
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Society and culture
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Communication and education approaches
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Teacher-centred and student-centred learning
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Verbal skills for classroom teaching
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Questioning skills
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Lecturing or giving a talk
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Elements of lecturing.
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Listening Skills
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Stages of listening
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Key elements of listening in a classroom
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Obstacles to listening
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Anxiety
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Hearing
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Lack of interest
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Bias
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Selective attention
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Negativity
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Listening skills
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Active listening
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Empathic listening
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Responding to received communications.
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Understanding Motivation
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What is motivation
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Variables of motivation
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Theories of motivation
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Maslow's theory of motivation
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Motivations
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Primary motivator, Unlearned motivators
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Secondary or learned motivators
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Motivation and anxiety
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Motivation and distress.
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Motivational factors
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Incentives
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Internal and external incentives
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Relational nature of incentives
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Enhancing intrinsic motivators
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Social reinforcers as incentives
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Influence of groups on individual motivation
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Social loafing.
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Applying Motivation to Education
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Motivation and goals
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Expectations
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Vicious and virtuous cycles
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Practical applications
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Assessing a person's current situation
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Dealing with emotions
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Identifying existing barriers to learning
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Establishing goals and priorities
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Locating and applying useful resources.
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Stress Management
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Flight or fight response
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Long term problems
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What happens when a person is stressed
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Stress management program.
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Conflict Management
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What is conflict
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Conflict handling techniques
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Anger
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Dealing with anger in others
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Modifying anger
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Role play and conflict management.
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Mediation and Negotiation
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What is negotiation?
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Establishment groups
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Community groups
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Joint problem solving approach
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Effective negotiating behaviour
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Mediation
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Mediator's responsibilities
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Facilitation
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Attributes of a good facilitator
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Balance of power
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Power imbalance
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Group work and discussion
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Conflict training exercises.
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
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Explain the role of communication between individuals in optimising the benefit of education.
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Describe and use strategies to improve listening in order to correctly understand what another person is communicating to you.
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Explain motivation as a factor in the teaching-learning situation and in the cultivation of an inquisitive approach to learning.
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Select and cultivate motivational factors appropriate to particular classroom situations.
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Describe practical techniques which can be used by an educator to motivate their students.
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Describe practical techniques that can be used by an educator for managing their own stress, and also assisting students in stress management.
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Identify, analyse and devise methods for dealing with conflict in an education setting.
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Explain how to apply practical techniques to facilitate mediation in conflict situations in an educational setting.
How to Learn
For successful learning to occur, we require two key human factors:
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An interested, receptive student who can communicate in ways that meet their learning needs
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A teacher who can communicate the required information in a way that is responsive to the needs of the student, and that promotes student learning.
This means that to become an effective teacher, an individual must understand how communication works, and use that understanding to create appropriate conditions for successful learning.
While communication is a two-way process, and the success of a communication event is influenced by the behaviour and attitudes of both parties, the teacher can really only control his or her own communications. However, a teacher is also in the position to model effective communication to the student, and to aid the student in developing better communication strategies. This is an essential part of education, though it is not always recognised as such by educators or students. A student who understands a complex concept, or knows a process, but is not able to communicate that understanding or knowledge clearly and unambiguously, or to communicate effectively with others, may not succeed at school or at work, not because of lack of ability, but because of poor communication skills.
Therefore, as you study this course, consider how the strategies, practices and processes discussed can be applied to your teaching or training situations. Also consider how can also use the course to enable students to improve more effectively, both in a classroom and in the workplace.
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