The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 02, 1973, Page page six, Image 6
Body Lang
Reprinted from Saturday Re- rooms.
view of Education. Eye Conth
Several years ago a psychology will avoic
professor at Stanford was teaching teacher a
a graduate course in Skinnerian r-iay act v
theory. His students secretly decid- ar ranging
ed to try behavior modification on dropping
thq professor himself. They wanted is saying
him to lecture as if he were Napole- k now the
on Bonaparte. be called
Whenever his right hand came that the c
near his torso, the students would open. An
lean forward, open their eyes wide, ever seen
and start tak ing notes. Whenever he
slumped or slurred or gestured with
the right hand, they would look a
way, feign boredom, and talk to
each other.
By the end of the semester, the
professor was unknowingly lec
turing in short, crisp sentences,
standing stern and rigid, with his
right hand inserted into his shirt ov
er his stomach.
Body language is always present
in the classroom, although not usu
ally as an intentional device of the
students. Yet most teachers are in
sensitive to facial or body cues in
side their own classrooms. A study
conducted by Nathan Maccoby at
Sanford found that experienced
teachers were little better than no
vices in judging whether children
had understood their lessons.
Using hidden cameras, Maccoby
filmed student behavior as thet,
teachers conducted regular classes.
Teachers were then shown the film
and asked to predict how their stu
dents would fare in an objective
test on the lesson's contents.
Teachers were no better than other period wil
observers at perceiving nonverbal all? Gallo
cues (amount of blinking, raising of chers wh<
eyebrows, hands on the face, etc.). ward the
"Educators," says Dr. Charles test bettei
Galloway, a leading authority on their hant
body language in the classroom, movemen
"are multi-sensory organisms who specific th
only occasionally talk." Yet, he People mo
points out, little attention is paid hands on
there nonverbal behavior. In a nor- talking w
mal, nonprofessional conversation, than with
the total message communicated is f o I d i n g
estimated at 55 per cent facial, 38 disappro
per cent vocal, but only 7 per cent Nodding.
verbal. Here are some typical non- fir mativel
verbal cues found in most class- courage th
New Film S
USC and South Carolina will be House filr
the first recipients in the Southeast dents. Th
of a filrn series from the American communi1
F ilm Institute (AFI). ty."
"We hope to have this program
going in Nowember,"Dr. Winton, U- T he fir
niversity Film Studies Committee around th
chairman. "F irst we have to con- past, Dr. V
ver t the aud itoriumn in the new Bus- "But tU
iness Administration building to films avail
handle 35 mmr film. Currently it is makes arr
equippedI to handle only 16 mm. E coun tries
yen the AFI has doubts whether contemptr)
they will be ready by November. could get
But if they aren't we, (the Univer- Dr. Wii
sity) may prodIuce a series of our the progre
town for the public." r ol ina A~
Dr. Winton said the series will be thoughti
open'to the public as well as USC ou he re<
$tudents. "There's not much for to Dr. .lr
the person in Columbia with a seri cos of th
Ous film interest. Even the Russel BA ren
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eye contact when the
ks him a question. He
ry busy taking notes, re
his books and papers,
pencil. Nonverbally he
o the teacher, "I don't
answer; I don't want to
>n." Eye contact signals
immunication channel is
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a professor lecture all
iout moving his hands at
vay has shown that tea
extend their arms to
:lass have students who
than teachers who keep
s in their pockets. Arm
can also communicate
ngs.
e often stand with their
ueir hips when they are
th people they dislike
those they like. Arm
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to respond better. Depending upor
individual teacher, grade level, anc
class size, the optimum number o1
nods is usually one every 30 sec
onds. However, if the teacher cons
ciously adopts the 30-second pat
tern, the kids pick it up, and it be
comes inef fect ive. Hand Raising. I r
volunteering classroom informa
tion, a clever student knows how tc
make his raised arm look'tired, as ij
he's been waiting interminably tc
be called on. He also knows how tc
raise his hand tentatively, as if hE
does not want to be called on. 11
seems that the hand-raising tech
nique is not innate; students learr
all these subleties by around the
fourth grade.
Territory. Teachers stand; studentv
sit. The teacher puts himself at thE
buffer zone between himself anc
the first line of students. StandinC
higher and higher and removinc
himself from the masses, the teac
her nonverbally insists on his super
iority in the classroom. "In thE
past,-" Galloway points out
"teachers moved around theii
desks as if they were isles of securi
ty. They rarely ventured into thE
territories of student residence un
less they wished to check or moni
tor seatwork. To move forward oi
away from students signifies rel
ationships. Distance establishes thE
statusof interaction."
A professional educator, then
needs to move about the class.
room, make repeated eye contac1
with his students, extend his arms
nod, smile, and encourage nonver
bal responses from his students. A
recent study made use o1
time-lapse photographs of a higt
school social studies class. The pho
tographs candidly revealed change
in the students' posture as the clas,
progressed. As the teacher dronec
on and boredom set in, student,
slumped lower and lower in their
seats. At the final bell, some stu
dents could hardly be seen abovE
their desk tops, but the teacher wa!
oblivious to what was happening
before him. It is essential not onlV
that an educ'ator be understood bul
also that he understand how he i
being understood.
:mned
projectors and screens, Dr. Jone:
gave the go-ahead.
Although a "nominal sum wil
be charged for admission," Dr
Winton said, the University hope:
that the community will take ad
vantage of the opportunity to see
different styles of films than are us
ually available in Columbia thea
tres.
"We see this as an at'tempt tc
built up interest in films," Dr. Win
ton said. "Although we will only~
have the film one day, we plan tc
have two nightly showings, and ii
demand calls for it, we will shovt
the film as many times as the peo
pIe come to see it."
Columbia will also be sharmgc
these films with Greenville and
Charleston.
Mitzi Vivaldi.
Frodo St
With Nei
BY MITZI VIVALDI
Dear Mitzi,
I don't want any stuff, I'm seri
ous. I recently bought my girl
friend-fiance(?)--a $400 engage
ment ring. In return for wearing it,
she insists that I wear a wedding
band to show that I'm engaged to
her. I say she's full of bull. Should I
wear her ring?
Frodo.
Dear Frodo,
No need to wear her ring right
now. You'll have one in your nose
soon enough.
Mitzi.
Dear Mitzi,
My mother insists on coming N
and cooking for me every weekend.
However, I have been living with a
friend, and it is necessary to move
all her clothes out of the house be
cause of my mother insists on r
cleaning the house every time she t
comes. One of them has got to go- (
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Highes
A record $7.5 million in grants
for research, education and train
ing, construction, equipment and
development has been received by
USC for the fiscal year 1972-73.
This represents a 35 percent in
crease over the same period,
1971-72, according to Dr. A. Riley
Macon, assistant vice provost for
research.
Significant this year for the Uni
versity, said Dr. Macon, was the in
crease in funds received from pri
vate foundations, industries and
businesses. They provided
$9 18,577 or 58 percent more than
during the last fiscal year. Federal
f und s to USC were $3,375,048
pl us an add i tional $2,330,761
from the U.S. Public Health Service
for construction of the new nursing
building.
Monies received for research in
creased 35 per cent to $2.2 million
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Dear LBT,
Each woman can do one thing
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,ision is to either eat or be eaten.
Mitzi.
)ear Mitzi Vivaldi,
Six months ago, my boyfriend
,tarted beating me. At first I hated
t, but now renjoy it. What should I
1o?
Hurts so good.
)ear Hurts,
Y o u d idn't say whether you
vere male or female.
Mitzi.
ONFIDENTIAL TO HRH,
I like your choice of music, and
ight now you're singing like a bird,
>ut shouldn't you choose your
omposers a little more carefully?
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ind grants to the University for de
felopmental programs rose 357 per
ent to $709,407.
John Ferm, professor in the De
)artment.of Geology, received the
argest single research grant,
0122,642 from the U.S. Bureau of
A ines for a two year study to deter
nine causes of coal mine roof -
ave-ins:
The General Assistance Center,4
ormerly the Center for Integrated
Education, was the recipient of the
argest educational and training
Irant, $286,735. The monies will
inance consultant services, insti
utes and workshops throughout
he state for teachers and adminis
rators on unitary school system
~urricula and planning.
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