The Teacher’s Silent Language Learning to Teach Non-Verbally Dr. Thomas G. Ryan Faculty of Education Nipissing University North Bay, ON. Canada
Level 1 Dress – Costume – Uniform & Sensing – 5 Inputs
Listening – Eyes/Ears/Silent
Sensing – Angst!
Calm – Ready – Happy “Wait Time”
I like my look so, I feel good - Lets Learn!
Student or Teacher Dress?
Level 2 Posture – Rigid, Tense, or Relaxed
I have to come back?
Anger – Walk away – teacher time out!
Level 3 Gestures – Signals Eyes – Gaze - Stare
Teacher – “EYE” – No/OK!
Teaching – Mask?
Classroom Signals ?
Start ~ Stop signals?
“Get Out”
Level 4 Proxemics – Distance ‘Personal, Professional’
What is your distance?
Level 5 Voice – Paralanguage - Pitch, Tone, Pause, Disfluences Sarcasm, Stammering – um!
Intensity – The Yeller!
Too Much Talk !
Level 6 –Touch Too Much!
Hands Off
Teacher: The Observer
Impressions – Image OK?
What do you see and think?
In sum -watch people touch. Friendly Touch Helpful Touch Attentional Touch Incidental Touch “Guys use helpful touch” “Women use friendly touch” Richmond & McCroskey, 1995
Thank – you! Questions Thoughts Reflections