Impact of Non-Verbal Communication in Education

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Non-Verbal Communication Intro.
Article 1 In this article titled, “Teaching Without Talking” by Jacqueline Hansen, it talks about how 90% of what people say and feel is through non-verbal action and not their words. Hansen talks about how children are taught both verbal and nonverbal communication through the people they are around, be it their teachers, parents, or other people that are present in their lives. Hansen says that on average American parents only talk to their children about 38 minutes each week and teachers might engage with a student for up to seven hours per weekday in that time they are sending innumerable verbal and nonverbal messages to students. Most student will believe more in what they see then hear if they

Children started out knowing very little about personal space, but as they enter school they are taught how to communicate with personal zones. One’s personal space can tell a lot about them. For intensences, leaders often talk charge and sit up front close to everyone, an aggressive person sits facing a door and on the middle of one side of the table, and a timid person might sit as far away from someone as they can. They may not know it, but they are showing a form of nonverbal communication through proximity. Another way to communicate nonverbally is through eye contact and facial expression. People are taught that minimal eye contact will make you less involved and maintain an emotional distance. Facial expressions can show someone’s attitude and feelings. Children learn facial expressions at a very young age. They can be only a few days old and can communicate if they are happy, sad, or angry by how their face looks. As they get older they develop how to communicate to their parents through eye contact. Hansen talked about how 99% of children when asked to draw people they draw them with eyes. People uses eye contact when they are trying