How Can I Communicate to Engage Students and Encourage Learning?
Presenters:
Jennifer Waldeck, PhD, Associate Professor, Chapman University
About this Course
This course is worth 1 hours (0.1 CEUs) of professional development. A certificate of completion can be printed once the program has been completed.
Educators invest considerable time and effort to become masters of their subject matter. They work hard at developing unique, innovative in-class pedagogy and assignments. With this foundation, they expect students to learn what they have to teach.
So why, despite their expertise and effort, do educators struggle to get students engaged, motivated, performing well, and understanding their goals for them as students?
Research suggests that the answer lies in a single set of communication behaviors known as immediacy skills. These verbal and nonverbal messages, when practiced authentically by educators, encourage students to commit to their courses and their goals for them.
Learning these communication behaviors that maximize motivation and improve learning is at the heart of How Can I Communicate to Engage Students and Encourage Learning? the 20-Minute Mentor video from Magna Publications.
