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

Confident communication : speaking tips for educators /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Douglas A., 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Communication in education > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Public speaking > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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 CriticismActive-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 StudentsFight 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 MeetingsValue 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 canâ€?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 GroupsChapter 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
  • “Leakyâ€? Speakers
  • ""Chapter 12
  • Asking for Support: Speaking before New Curriculum Meetings""

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