CMST 330 - Effective Classroom Communication Strategies

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: This class will help Early Childhood Education students to meet communication standards in their classrooms. Throughout the class, students will learn skills, tools, and strategies for facilitation and mediation to help students to modulate their communicative behaviors to serve in various roles, including communication in the classroom, with parents, among colleagues, and during family visits. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of intercultural communication, power dynamics in education, and essential listening skills for equitable interaction.

Prerequisite: BASECE Dept. Chair permission.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Observe children with a focus on the value of difference as opportunity to increase diversity and understanding.
Provide children with important communication tools and strategies for communicating well with one another and the adults in their lives.
Communicate with staff and colleagues in equitable, effective, and appropriate ways to meet curricular goals.
Identify intercultural and institutional power dynamics in education.
Identify culturally-appropriate and equitable ways to address conflict.
Collaborate with families to promote learner growth and development.

Course Contents

Foundations of Communication
Intercultural Communication
Informational Interviewing and Listening
Conflict and Mediation
Curriculum Communication
Presentational Skills

Instructional Units: 5