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Basics of the Communication Process
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The Communication Cycle
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The Source
- The person who initiates the message - Precommunication ,sets goals
- learning objectives
- what students are expected to learn
Encoding
- The teacher stimulates meaning in the mind of student- may be verbal or nonverbal, but verbal predominates
- The teacher encodes the message to achieve specific objectives
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Encoding
- Some examples:
- I am encoding messages as I present this slide show
- I encoded messages when I wrote and presented the syllabus
- I am also encoding messages nonverbally in how I respond to you, e.g. smiling, frowning, yawning etc.
- The first two are intentional. Sometimes the nonverbal cues are not, although in teaching they should be.
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Encoding
- Important Point: As a teacher, your encoding of messages should promote YOUR TEACHING OBJECTIVES.
The Message:
- ”Messages are verbal and nonverbal behaviors the have the potential to stimulate meaning in people’s minds.”
- Verbally, the message will be words that form a message.
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The Message:
- Nonverbally, the message may be carried in a tone of voice, a facial expression, eye contact, or the way you hold
your body. Channels
- The means by which the messages travel- Could be sound waves with voice
- Could be the print in a book
- Could be light waves in television
- Could be electrical impulses via computer
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The Receiver
- The person who receives the message
- In classroom, often the student
- When the receiver gets the message, he or she will decode it
Decoding entails:
- hearing and/or seeing the message.
- Interpreting the message. The student processes the incoming message in the brain and determines what the teacher means.
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Decoding entails:
- Evaluating the message in the context of the student’s understanding, her expectations, or background.
- NOTE: Different students will interpret and evaluate DIFFERENTLY, depending on many individual factors.
- So teachers should remember to check meaning with the students.
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Decoding entails:
- Responding to the message.
- This will depend, of course, on how they interpreted and evaluated the message they received.
Recap: Decoding Involves 4 steps:
- Receiving
- Interpreting
- Evaluating
- Responding
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Decoding entails:
- Responding to the message.
- This will depend, of course, on how they interpreted and evaluated the message they received.
Recap: Decoding Involves 4 steps:
- Receiving
- Interpreting
- Evaluating
- Responding
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After decoding the student will be affected in several ways:
Cognition - They know something new
Affect - They feel a certain way about the message they received
Behavior is changed based on the message
Example: I give a homework assignment...they now know they have homework, they don’t like it, and they cancel their soccer practice
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Other elements in the cycle: Feedback and Noise
Feedback: How the receiver overtly responds - the reply or message that comes back in response.
- Not always a response, e.g., on TV, radio, one-way communication media
- In the classroom, important to encourage feedback because it helps the sender know that the receiver indeed got the right message.
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Noise: Anything that interferes with the intended message.
- Noise is almost ALWAYS present, so plan for it.
- Teacher generated noise:
- Didn’t plan message clearly, ”fuzzy thinking”
For example, not explaining why a class is necessary in the program
- Encoding error by teacher, made poor judgements about what students know already or their psychology
For example, I assume your English is better than it is
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Noise also includes many types of environmental factors:
- Temperature
- Distracting noises, students chatting to each other
- Distracting visuals
Noise also comes in the form of:
- Attitudes
- Past experiences of the receiver
- Values
- Personal well being at the time
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Instructional communication model
Prior to communication After to communication
channel
Source Message Receiver
Goals
G. Objectives
S. Objectives
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Encoding
Creation
Adaptation
Transmission
Feedback
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Decoding
Hearing
Seeing
Interpretation
Evaluation
Response
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Comm. Effects
Cognitions
Affect
Behavioral choices
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Overview of the Cycle
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Emphasizing and Evaluating Different Kinds of Communication
- Intentional vs. accidental
- Expressive vs. rhetorical
- Content choices vs. Communication choices
Intentional.
- Type of communication behaviors that teachers CHOOSE that are likely to lead to the best learning outcomes
- Accidental: May lead to good learning outcomes but intentionally choosing communication based on research is the best way.
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Emphasizing and Evaluating Different Kinds of Communication
Expressive vs. Rhetorical
- Expressive communication is SOURCE centered
- Rhetorical commication is RECEIVER centered
- Whenever possible (not always because we are human beings) we should as teachers strive for rhetorical communication
- More goal oriented, better learning outcomes
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Emphasizing and Evaluating Different Kinds of Communication
Content Choices vs. Communication Choices
- Content - The subject matter to be learned, e.g., math, reading, computer technology
- Decided by content experts in that field
- Includes types of assignments, readings, how learning is assessed, etc.
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Content Choices vs. Communication Choices
- Communication Choices - What communication behaviors are most likely to achieve the desired learning outcomes
- So knowlege of communication is ADDITIONAL to content knowledge
- Associated with ”pedagogy”, which are models of learning that teaching follows. For example,
- Constructivism
- Behaviorism
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Questions?
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