Pie Graph on Senses and Perception, Barriers to Communication, Instructional Media in the Classroom

Pie Graph on Senses and Perception 11% 83% 1.5% 3.5% Sight Sound Smell Touch Taste

Retention Rate Levels Learning is an active process. Retention level practically increases as students are actively involve in various learning activities. Researchers found out that the most effective approaches – resulting in 75% and 90% retention rates, respectively – are learning by doing and learning by teaching others

What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand Reading 10% Hearing 20% Seeing 30% Hearing and 50% Hearing Saying Doing 90% Saying 70% What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand

Barriers to Communication 1. Physical Barriers time Environment 2. Perceptual - viewing what is said from your own mindset

3. Cultural different model/image of the world and its relations different values and their hierarchy different social norms, rules and rituals formal and informal that affect behavior and regulate an entire system of interaction

4. Linguistic - don't speak the same language, speaks on different level or use different vocabulary, which means that symbols (words) used to pass information and their arrangement may have no meaning or different meaning

- represent different social groups which may differ their: - general behavior as effect of different social norms, rules and customs, standards, beliefs and priorities - background and education - use of language and level of its knowledge

6. Individual / Personal - physical and mental abilities - preferences - values and their hierarchy - different model/image of the world - general behavior and emotional states - background and education - different use of language and the level of its knowledge

- different communication skills, which can be divided as follows: Knowledge of: interlocutor purpose topic

abilities to: anticipate objections achieve credibility give full attention, give and get feedback follow through what was said communicate a little at a time use multiple communication techniques present information in several ways detect emotional states understand possible differences in perception

- abilities to avoid: muddled messages stereotyping wrong sub-channel wrong language other attitudes: making eye-contact giving prompts, i.e. nodding, smiling, etc.

7. Gender Barriers - differences between the speech patterns of males and females female – speaks between 22,000 & 25,000 words/day male – speaks between 7,000 & 10,000 words/day

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