An Essay On Importance Of Communication In Education

Having gone through college and learnt on education and communication, my aspirations have developed highly and as such, I intend to found a school that would aim at providing quality education. This would see my school fostering forward and producing students who have enough knowledge to work effectively in the community.

Many people see communication as the passage of information between individual and to them that’s all they would deduce of communication. I too had that ideology but after joining college and learnt about education and communication, i had a different perspective on the topic. Communication is of great essence in all aspects of our lives but it also has different effects on education as a sector itself. Communication and education go hand in hand and the success in education is determined by the success of communication. Good communication skill and methods are essential for all education professionals as they prove to be key towards making the students attain the education passed on to them. Good communication between the education professions i.e. teachers and students is key toward success in education. Communication techniques used in classrooms would dictate on the way students would receive the information being passed to them. Teachers should establish communication methods that would ensure that communication between them and the students would be easy and effective, and efficient. Communication between the teachers and students should be made simple to ensure that the interpretation of the message being passed across correct and thus there would be a common understanding between the two parties involved.

Communication is not only verbal but it may also be in written form. Students write composition, a...

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... writing means. Writing is thus not what the writer does after he has thought but writing is thinking itself. The process of revision involves the writer cutting, re-ordering, adding, or even starting over the writing.

As an educational practitioner, encouraging revision among your students is essential. This would enable them to make meaning of any writing they come up with. It has been found that when revision is encouraged as a natural process in the exploration of the content to discover meaning rather than as a punishment, then many writers would have the motivation of revising their content. It may be a slow process but it has been found to be miraculous. As a teacher, one must wean the student by giving the responsibility for the text to the writer, clearing the point that it is the student and not the teacher who makes the decision on what the writing means.