Listening Skills to Enhance Learning
Dr. Harper, Ed.D.
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(358)
In this class, students will explore how active listening works, the types of situations where active listening is used, and the benefits and challenges of becoming an active listener.
Class experience
In this class, Becoming an Active Listener, the students will be taught the components of active listening, the benefits and the challenges of becoming an active listener, how to deal with distractions to active listening, and strategies for developing the behaviors of an active listener. Session One: The Components of Active Listening 1) Welcome and introductions of the teacher and learners. Everyone will share their general location in the world, their favorite subject, hobby, or...
1. The students will learn the unique vocabulary used to describe active listening and use that vocabulary to write a description of the traits and non-traits of an active listener. 2. The students will begin to connect to the importance of becoming a good listener and identify the challenges to becoming a good listener. 3. The students will match definitions to terms from their word study vocabulary and identify how distractions make becoming an active listener challenging. 4. The students will review steps to active listening, both verbal and non-verbal, evaluate their listening skills, and create a personal action plan for becoming active listeners.
I am a veteran teacher with 36 years of in-person and online teaching experience at the upper elementary, middle school, and high school levels.
Homework Offered
At the end of the third session, students will be instructed to have a conversation with a friend or family member about any topic they choose. When complete, they should rate their active listening skills from 1 to 5 with 1 being 'not so good' and 5 being, 'excellent.' The students should be prepared to discuss how they would either improve their rating or share what they did to make their conversation a 5.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Students will write reflections at the end of each session to demonstrate their learning.Grades Offered
Handouts will be posted in the classroom.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Article: Communication Skills: What is active listening? By Gale, Cengage Learning, adapted by Newsela staff on 10.20.2017. Subheadings in the article: How Does Active Listening Work? In What Types of Situations is Active Listening Used? What Are Some Examples of Active Listening? What Are the Benefits of Active Listening?
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(358)
Greetings OutSchool Parents and Students! I am Dr. Debra Harper. My specialty areas of teaching are English language arts, beginning, intermediate, and secondary reading skills, beginning, intermediate, and secondary writing instruction, reading...
Group Class
$100
for 4 classes2x per week, 2 weeks
55 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-12
1-5 learners per class
