Intrcution in the Classroom: Listening Skills
A skill that is often not focused on enough in the classroom is teachin listening skills. Active listening actually involves the brain. When one actively listens they taked in the informaiton and mentally digest. In doing so we are not formulating a quick response but rather we are processing the information to gain understianding and then provide feedback.
An activity I conducted in my classroom is to allow the students to get into to groups of twos. Then each student carried a discussion out with thier partner. After a period of 3-5 minutes each student then had to write down what was said to them. We looked for things like accuracy and quantity of information.
We have come to the conclusion that when we are actively listening we will remember most of the information stated to us.'
Now when we apply it to the career environmentm, when a boss or colleague states information we must actively listen. It could mean all the differnece in getting the job done.
