Pedagogical communication

Motivating students in the classroom

 What is pedagogical
communication?
It can be defined as a transactional process in which educators
and students create a joint communication climate which
changes from one moment to another as the conversation unfolds
and the thoughts, attitudes and behaviours of both parties
influence each other in some way.
Communication channel
The medium or route through which a
message is communicated to its recipients,
the most common channels being face-to-
face communication, telephone, films,
Internet, television, radio, and the printed
media, including newspapers, books, and
magazines.
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Assertive Approach
The assertive approach to classroom
management expects teacher to
specify rules of behaviour and
consequences for disobeying them
and to communicate these rules and
consequences clearly. Students who
disobey rules receive one warning and
then are subjected to a series of
increasingly more serious sanctions.
The idea is for the teacher to respond
to students misbehaviour quickly and
appropriately.
4 sides of a message!

Model by Friedmann Schulz von Thun

4-ears model
Factual information
What I inform you about
I impart all the neccessary facs and
data
 Self-relevation
What I say about myself
Disclosure of my current mood,
secret and open motives, and my
positive and negative feelings and
thoughts
 Relationship
What I think of you and how we
relate to each other
Also possible to show non-
verbally, like through facial
expressions, intonation and
gestures
 Appeal
What I want you to do
On this level, the receiver
perceives the senders commands,
wishes, and advice directed at him
or herself
 Sample 1
A man and his wife are eating dinner together. The man sees
capers in the soup and asks: What is the green thing in the
soup?

In differenet levels he means:

FACTUAL CONTENT: There is something green.

SELF-REVELATION: I dont know what that is.
RELATIONSHIP: You might know what it is.
APPEAL: Please tell me what it is.

The woman understood her husband on those levels:

FACTUAL CONTENT: There is something green.

SELF-REVELATION: I dont like it.
RELATIONSHIP: You are a bad cook.
APPEAL: Please leave out the green thing next time.
 Sample 2
Non-verbal channels are often used for non implicit
messages. The voice, pronunciation and emphasis,
accompanied with facial expressions and gestures also
provide information about a conveyed message.
 Sample 3
One cannot not communicate. Paul Watzlawick. Every behaviour
conveys a message. We dont have to say to communicate.
For instance, when I enter the teachers staff room, I great a
stranger (assuming its a new substitute teacher) with a friendly
remark. He doesnt respond, but continues doing his paperwork.
This message that I hear can be:
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