Teacher Communication - by Ken W White (Paperback)

About the Book

For pre- and in-service teachers, Teacher Communication is a one-of-a-kind resource for teacher education courses and workshops that want teachers to develop effective relational, organization and classroom communication skills. Its author focuses on the interpersonal, dialog...

Book Synopsis

For pre- and in-service teachers, Teacher Communication is a one-of-a-kind resource for teacher education courses and workshops that want teachers to develop effective relational, organization and classroom communication skills. Its author focuses on the interpersonal, dialogical and relational aspects of teaching and learning, offering useful attitudes and strategies to enrich instructional skills. Readers learn how to keep a classroom interpersonal, how to communicate effectively with students, parents and colleagues, how to facilitate groups and discussions, how to address conflict and how to make effective oral presentations. Teacher Communication is a practical handbook for beginning and seasoned teachers who want to understand the increasingly significant role of communication in modern education.

Review Quotes

Daily teachers hold the potential to transform the lives of their students.Teacher Communication provides a compelling and thorough analysis of the complexities and nuances of classroom communication--the very medium of classroom life.

Ken White gives teachers a powerful reminder that all learning is relational and education is what emerges from the dynamic give-and-take among teachers, students, parents and colleagues as they make meaning together. The central importance of communication for effective teaching is true for all age and grade levels. What takes place between us profoundly impacts what takes place within us. Teacher Communication is a practical tool for creating what we all need and long for - learning communities that work.

Teacher Communication provides a comprehensive and practical overview of many of the communication challenges that K-12 classroom teachers confront. Ken White's extensive experience and his solid grounding in communication concepts and skills are evident throughout the book. White's emphasis on the ongoing, emergent, people-making, never-the-same ("relational") features of communication enrich his advice about, for example, lesson plan implementation, parent conferences, working with one's Principal, and teaching online. His conceptual anchors in philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer and other classic authors and studies solidly ground this work. Teacher Education students will be well-served by this book.

About the Author

Ken W. White has thirty-five years of community college and university teaching experience in the areas of alternative education, communication, instructional development and teacher training. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and specializes in interpersonal, online and instructional communication.