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UNIT I
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

MODULE 16
The Learning Situation:
COMMUNICATION: A BASIC TOOL IN LEARNING

Objective:

At the end of this Module, we can be able to:
 To develop the communication skills of students; namely: speaking, writing, listening
and reading.

Communication

The act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange
information; ideas, thoughts, feelings and the like, to someone else.

It can also be expressed with the use of social media and technology.

In any learning situation, learning can be more effective if communication does not take
a one-way channel, but rather a two-way communicative relationship between teachers and
students.

Our Role as a Teacher

Since at least two people are involved, social skills are required. Teachers are expert
communicators because they have excellent social skills. Teachers convey academic
information to students in a social environment. A teachers, by their nature, are teachers of
social skills. I experienced teachers often fail to realize this and are doomed to frustration as a
result. Sad to say, some veteran teachers still have not realized this basic idea. Primary level
teachers have known all along and, as a result, children learn at a phenomenal rate. That first
grader steps into the classroom on the first day of school barely knowing what a book is and by
the time June rolls around, she is able to read it. Primary teachers more than any other teacher
use many means of communicating. Learning is accomplished when communication occurs at
several levels. The role of a teacher is to help a student learn. This is often accomplished through
communication in several different dimensions. Each learner is different. Some learners are
better at visual while others are better at auditory communication.

The Facilitator

We are assumed to have the greater communicative skills.

The Manager

We are assumed to be in a position to set up a psychological climate in the classroom that we
facilitate or frustrate communication.

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