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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812538303321

Autore

Parker Douglas A. <1956->

Titolo

Confident communication : speaking tips for educator / / Douglas A. Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-4833-6308-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

371.1022

Soggetti

Communication in education

Public speaking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: A Message for Teachers, Principals, and School Administrators""; ""Filling in the Gaps""; ""And Then One Day, the Children Were all Yours""; ""Part I - The Foundations of Speaking""; ""Chapter 1 - Understanding Public Speaking""; ""It all Began with Demosthenes""; ""Positive Speech Conditioning""; ""Delivery Styles""; ""Basic Speeches""; ""Chapter 2 - Forming a Speech Study Group""; ""Experiential Learning and Processing (Why You Should Form a Speech Study Group)""

""Helping the Speaker: Offering Honest Criticism""""Active-Listening Requirements""; ""Ego Defense Mechanisms""; ""Chapter 3 - Writing Your Speech""; ""Helping the Writer: Writing Your Speech""; ""Creating Your Objectives for the Speech""; ""The Hands-on Organizer""; ""Arriving at a Speech-Focusing Statement""; ""Advanced Webbing Techniques""; ""Process Speech-Writing Model""; ""Process Speech Writing: Applications and Ideas for Speech Writing""; ""Developing a Rubric for Assessing Written Speeches""; ""Part II - Speaking before Student Groups""

""Chapter 4 - Understanding and Managing Your Nervousness: Assemblies and Other Large Groups of Students""""Fight or Flight""; ""Psychosomatic Stress""; ""Physical Reactions to Speaking""; ""Speaking Tactics""; ""Self-Fulfilling Prophecy""; ""The Shaking Voice and Vocal



Warm-Ups""; ""Vocal Ranges""; ""Making Nervousness Work for You""; ""Last-Minute Nerves and Solutions""; ""Chapter 5 - Involving Your Audience: Team or Grade-Level Student Meetings ""; ""Audience Participation Tactics""; ""Dealing with Distractions""

""Chapter 6 - Discovering What is Really Important at Your School: Discipline Meetings""""Value Structures""; ""Decision-Making Techniques""; ""Decision-Making Models""; ""Adult Speaking Qualities""; ""Chapter 7 - Just Showing Off: Talent Shows""; ""Tone and Figurative Language""; ""Dealing with Laughter""; ""You can�t Please Everybody""; ""Chapter 8 - Your Body Language Speaks Volumes: Classroom (The Students are Watching Your Every Move)""; ""Nonverbal Communication""; ""Proxemics""; ""Mimed Speech Factors""; ""Classic Mimed Movements""; ""Classic Body Language Movements""

""Part III - Speaking before Parent Groups""""Chapter 9 - Scheduled Parent Meetings: Parent-Teacher Conferences ""; ""Back-to-School Night Meetings""; ""Face-to-Face Parent Meetings""; ""Chapter 10 - Working with Parents on More Difficult Issues: Speaking before Meetings to Address Parental Concerns""; ""Leading a Community Forum""; ""Dealing with Conflict""; ""Communication Myths""; ""Chapter 11 - Presenting a Persuasive Line of Reasoning: Speaking before Budget Meetings""; ""Elementary Persuasion Techniques""; ""Important areas of Presentation""; ""“Leaky� Speakers""

""Chapter 12 - Asking for Support: Speaking before New Curriculum Meetings""

Sommario/riassunto

This resource provides a sensible, skills-based, humorous, and psychologically savvy approach to public speaking in schools, community, and professional settings. Now educators can enjoy the security, confidence, and support they need to create and deliver dynamic speeches.