Communication skills development for teachers

The assertiveness of the human personality, in any associative context, is explicitly based on the development of symbolic interferences integrated in communication processes. Beyond the postulate of the communicative character exclusively to human interactions, the circulation of messages in any way is a defining note of contemporary society.

The term communication comes from the Latin comunis / communicatio which means “to share”, “to be in a relationship” or “to establish a community with someone”. Iacob (2004) defines human communication as a relationship based on sharing a meaning. An extensive definition of communication belongs to the sociologist Mircea Agabrian (2008), who considers communication: “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, and behaviors.” Extensive and effective communication requires basic skills in sending the message, listening, asking questions, and giving feedback. Communication skills are important for a teacher who provides education to students (McCarthy and Carter, 2001 apud Khan, Khan, Syed Zia-Ul-Islam, Khan, 2017). In the literature there are various studies that study the communication of teachers, the ability to convey clear messages, to listen, and to provide feedback (Shaunessy, 2009; Cooper, 1979; Bruschke, 1991). Didactic communication, carried out in an educational context, is defined in the general sense as a form of instrumental communication, directly involved in supporting a systematic learning process (Ciobanu, 2007 apud Goia 2011). Didactic communication is the one that mediates the realization of the educational phenomenon as a whole, this taking place only as a special form necessary in the transmission of specific learning content. Given that one of the basic objectives of the education system is to prepare the child for real life, communication at the didactic level should be conceived as a permanent interaction between teacher and student (Bloju, Stan, 2013).