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- Title
Nonverbal Teacher Behaviors: A Critique.
- Authors
Galloway, Charles M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on research problems encountered by researchers in the study of nonverbal behaviors between teachers and students. Nonverbal influences do seem to have an effect on the nature and quality of classroom interaction. It is clear that the research problems encountered in the study of nonverbal influence are far more difficult than analyses of verbal patterns. Nonverbal stimuli occur all at once the face, eyes, hands, movement, and other expressive features converge to confound the observer, much less the subject. It is extremely difficult to determine which cues are salient. But the truly difficult task is to know when an expressive cue is salient. This problem continues to plague researchers who wish to investigate nonverbal influence. Under the experimental conditions set forth by the investigators, the problem cannot be investigated. They simply assume that verbal and nonverbal influence are equal partners, and that influence occurs when the teacher wishes. Nonverbal communication does not operate this simplistically. If expressive cues could be managed so well, and we could be assured of their recognition and impact with all subjects, then many research problems in the area of nonverbal research would fade away.
- Subjects
NONVERBAL communication in education; STUDENT attitudes; TEACHER attitudes; TEACHING; EXPRESSIVE behavior; BODY language
- Publication
American Educational Research Journal, 1974, Vol 11, Issue 3, p305
- ISSN
0002-8312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/00028312011003305