Communication: Effective leadership tool in Academics

byDr. Faiza Abbasi

Asst. Director, CALEM,PMMMNMTT, MHRD & Asst. Prof. UGC HRDC, Aligarh Muslim university

M.A.-I

Short-term Course on How to teach effectively

For MMDC Faculty

At: Karamat Hussain Girls’ PG College, Lucknow

Tuesday 4 Sep 2016 9:00-10:30 am

WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SELF MADE PERSON? WHY DO YOU THINK S/HE IS SUCCESSFUL? A. TALENTED AND GIFTED

B. HARD WORKING

C. LEADERSHIP IN ATTITUDE

D. BORN TO A RICH FAMILY

COMMUNICATION FOR TEACHING- A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION

• TO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES AT THE SAME LEVEL IS DIFFERENT FROM COMMUNICATION FOR TEACHING

• IN TEACHING THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT LEVELS.

• IT IS ASSUMED THAT

• THE TEACHER IS AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF A GIVER.

• THE STUDENT IS AT A LOWER LEVEL OF TAKER

• AS IF ALL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TEACHER HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THERE IS NO MORE TO GO

• AS IF THE STUDENT CAN BE JUST AS MUCH AS THE TEACHER AS BEEN AND CAN NOT GO ANY FURTHER

Verbal and non-verbal Communication

• Non-verbal communication

1. Visual communication – Look the part

2. Chemical communication – Physical milieu

3. Tactile communication – Hands-on

• Verbal communication – Oral + Written• Only man is capable of sentence formation

• Choosing the right word, sequence & punctuation

• Paraverbal: Tone, speed, volume, pitch etc.

Excellence in Language and terminology: Practice to be perfect

Reading Listening

Speaking Writing

Do not speak unless you know your subject

Speak only on subjects of expertise

Refresh your knowledge frequently

Disseminate and create knowledge

Organisation of building blocks

Motivation

Relevance

Coherence

Simplicity

From complex to simple

• Simplify the subject by deconstructing the principles in to small real life experiences.

• You make a complex sentence where a simple one can do, only if you are chasing some kind of complex – either you have a superiority complex or you want the listener / reader to be inflicted with an inferiority complex. None of this amounts to healthy and effective communication, certainly not in teaching.

Teaching: Dialogue or Monologue?

Dialogue

• Learn from each other

• Learning is a social process

• Healthy competition

• Stimulus for good behaviour by presence of each other

• Teacher a good listener

• Moderate a discussion

• Teacher also learns

Monologue

• Learn only from teacher

• Learning is a selfish act

• Insular visions

• Isolation from the presence of the group

• Teacher just a speaker

• Cull discussions

• Teacher only teaches

Teaching with technology

Effective use of power point presentations

• Don’t sit back and play a video instead of teaching

• Never pack in too many slides

• Don’t write too much on a single slide

• Never read from a slide while presenting

• Include figures and illustrations if possible

• Don’t pack similar types of slides in sequence• A bulleted list may be followed by a picture followed by a table followed by an organ

gram followed by a graph

THANK YOU