ETP111: Educators as Effective Communicators
2: Modes and Models of Communication
Written Communication: Report Writing
Mode: a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed or done.
(Tip: looking up a meaning on the net: define: mode in the google search box)
Communication Modes (ways in
which we communicate with others)
Write down as many as you can think
of . . . (one’s been done already)
Classifying activity: Now classify each mode into
one of the two groups
 Verbal/Language :
 Non-Verbal lanuguage:
Which group do you use the most of in the
classroom?
Writing
Which mode do you use the most of in the
classroom?
 In the school yard?
 In the staffroom or meeting?
Model: a way of representing the elements (parts), structure (organization) and functioning (how it works) of a
thing.
Transmission Model of Communication: a video and two diagrams
e.g. two people on the telephone . . .
the transfer of messages from a source to a receiver using a channel and a medium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQSL8aqTDLg&feature=related
Message
Information
source
transmitter
Signal
Received Signal
channel
receiver
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Noise source
Message
destination
Serial Communication: builds on the transmission model:
Can we think of an example of a message that is
communicated within the school community?
What chain can we draw to show how this message is
transmitted?
Transaction Model: the creation or negotiation of meaning in two or more parties responding to their environment
and each other (there is no ‘message’ but a joint creation of meaning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rVXVN9DZk
Report Writing
Use the handout to begin planning your group report on the Communication Issue.
Use SQ3R to make notes about the main elements of this mode of communication: what is a report structure? What
information goes into this structure?
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