Perception of Nonverbal Immediacy and Effective Teaching among  Student Teachers: A Study across Cultural Extremes

dc.creator	Kemal Sinan Özmen
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:18:30Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:18:30Z
dc.identifier	1309-2707
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c054023dc79d4b63b13084de38950d4f
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19421
dc.description	This study investigates the perception of nonverbal immediacy behavior with regard to effective teaching among student teachers of English language teaching (ELT) programs from a cultural aspect. Nonverbal immediacy behavior fosters various educational objectives such as affective learning, cognitive learning and motivation. Like many aspects of communication, nonverbal immediacy behavior constitutes cultural components that display differences among cultures. The present research was conducted on 450 student teachers studying in ELT undergraduate programs in Japan, Turkey and the USA. Nonverbal Immediacy Scale and a questionnaire item were utilized in a survey model. The findings indicated that each of the cultures considers nonverbal immediacy as an indispensable part of effective teaching, which also revealed that nonverbal immediacy positively correlates with effective teaching. Also American student teachers believe 'touching' is a critical variable in defining effective teaching. This study indicated while the perceptions of the nonverbal immediacy behavior vary across cultures, its use in effective teaching is considered to beindispensable by the student teachers.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IOJES
dc.relation	http://www.iojes.net//userfiles/Article/IOJES_481.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1309-2707
dc.source	International Online Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 865-881 (2011)
dc.subject	Nonverbal immediacy behavior
dc.subject	student teachers
dc.subject	cultures
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Perception of Nonverbal Immediacy and Effective Teaching among Student Teachers: A Study across Cultural Extremes
dc.type	article