SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: Communication Skills in Teaching

Basically the current study sought to assess the perception of students regarding the role of teacher communication skills in their academics success. Comprehensive questionnaire carrying information including social economic and demographic aspects of the study was designed by the researcher to achieve the set objectives. All those universities where sports sciences & physical education programs were offering were taken as population of the study. The empirical data regarding the role of a teacher communication skills in students' academic success were obtained from (418, thirty percent 30 from each university) samples of 14 universities of Pakistan

To ensure that teaching and learning represent the two sides of a single coin or the two sides of any given class is, and always has been, education’s main objective. The possibility of organizing teaching in such a way as to foster better learning has been one of the main premises of education since Comenius (1592-1604). However, when dealing with the organization and execution of such teaching in classrooms we find teachers who may or may not have the skills necessary to communicate with their students, skills that can facilitate or preclude fulfillment of the teaching proposal.

Reflective practice is encouraged in medical education in general and in teaching communication skills in particular to develop into a reflective practitioner. However, the term is complex to understand and multidimensional thus challenging to grasp, describe and teach. Furthermore, though used frequently little guidance exists on how to promote reflective ability in teaching communication skills. This paper builds on a keynote address delivered at the International Conference of Communication in Healthcare (ICCH 2019) and is based on the vast literature on reflection and the author’s personal experience as a researcher and educator. It discusses the components of reflective practice as well as exemplifies the importance of reflective practice to student’s capability to learn communication skills.

The study presented in this paper consisted in defining a Teaching in a Digital Environment (TIDE) capacity construct and developing a performance-based test to measure Chilean teachers' ability to teach students how to solve information and communication tasks in a digital environment. The test was applied to a sample of 828 in-service teachers in Chile, together with a characterization questionnaire. Results showed that very few Chilean teachers mastered all the tasks and that only one third were able to provide students with orientations in solving information and communication tasks, revealing that the majority are not playing a mediation role in a digital environment.

The aim of this article is the development and implementation of a model (structure) of effective doctor-patient interaction and its application when teaching future medical workers. The leading method of the given problem under study is the method of psychological-pedagogical experiment, which represents a task-oriented and organized process of communication skills improvement. At the beginning of the educational course and upon its completion, the students of the control and experimental groups were given psycho-diagnostic techniques to fill in, the results of which showed improvement of communication skills in the experimental group. The materials of this article may be helpful to the teachers of psycho-pedagogical disciplines and during the development and implementation of interactive educational modules used during accreditation of health care professionals as well.

Teachers' competence has been identified as the most effective contributor to student’s achievement. Despite high expectations, diversity of backgrounds and student variations have led to the teaching and learning process to be challenging, causing teachers to be less clear to choose the best teaching method to be implemented in the classroom. This study was conducted to develop a model for determining the best constructs and skills to measure teaching competence. This cross-sectional survey study involved 328 teachers of secondary schools at province of Terengganu, Malaysia.

This paper explores the connectedness between communication and conflict management skills and co-teaching partnerships and school administrative support. After decades of educational reform, researchers focus on the need for educator collaboration, data-driven decision making, and least restrictive environments for students with special needs. In order to meet federal and state regulations, schools have incorporated co-teaching models as a means to include students with disabilities and expose them to grade level content with highly qualified teachers in the least restrictive environment.