Module outcome
After completing the learning tasks in this module, the learners will be able to:
- Demonstrate effective communication skills i.e., listening, speaking, reading and writing.
- Select active learning strategies to enhance students’ engagement.
- Select and integrate media to enhance interaction in classroom.
- Evolve strategies for obtaining and provide feedback for improving effectiveness of teaching and learning.
MODULE CONTENTS
Unit 1: Classroom Communication: An Introduction
- Introduction, communication: concept and process stages in classroom communication skills and purposes, principals of effective classroom communication, principles for teachers, Principles for message design, Principles for selection of instructional methods and media, principles for creating conducive learning environment.
Unit 2: Listening and Speaking
- Listening: Concept, difference between hearing and listening, purpose of listening, process of listening, principles of effective listening, Development of listening among students
- Speaking: Introduction, purpose principles of effective speaking, improving your speaking skills.
Unit 3: Reading and Writing
- Reading: Concept, purposes, Types, Stages, Strategies for effective reading, techniques and practices to promote reading in classrooms, helpful tips for effective reading.
- Writing: Concept, Purposes, Process of writing in classroom, Principles of effective writing, Different types of writing in classroom, Developing writing in classroom.
- Non-Technical Communication: Memorandum, noting and drafting, Meeting procedure
UNIT 4: Barriers to Classroom Communication
- Introduction, teacher related barriers, message related barriers, instructional methods and media related barriers, students/learners related barriers, learning environment related barriers
Unit 5: Active Learning
- Concept of Active learning, Major Characteristics of Active learning, Elements of active learning, Benefits of active learning, Requirements to create active learning classroom, Active learning techniques to achieve learning objectives at various levels of Blooms’ Taxonomy, Classification of Active learning techniques, Barriers to active learning, Overcomes barriers to active learning.
Units 6: Role of Media in classroom Communication
- Media: Concept. Types and purposes, Concepts, Types, Advantages and disadvantages of some selected instructional media, purpose served by media
- Digital Media in teaching learning: Introduction, Types of digital media tools, advantages of using digital media in classroom factors to consider while using digital media in the classroom
Unit 7: Use of Board (Whiteboard/ Blackboard)
- Concept, Significance of Board – Merits and Demerits, Dos’ and Don’ts to be followed while using the board, Different methods of using board.
Unit 8: Feedback
- Concept and purpose, Types of Feedback, Four ‘W’s and one ‘H’ of feedback, relationship between Assessment and feedback, principles for obtaining and proving feed back
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