The ability to successfully use interpersonal skills and components of literacy (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) to contribute to teaching, learning, and development.
21st Century Skills for Educators Definitions (Michaels, R., Roshandel, S., Truesdell, E. & Urbani, J.E., 2015)
Communication is key to helping students learn in an engaging environment. It is imperative as an educator to create a classroom environment in which all students are invited and encouraged to participate. Effective classroom management is the heart of establishing communication in a classroom.
Once classroom management routines are in place, the next key is guiding effective class discourse. Students should be leading the way and doing all the hard thinking, while the teacher facilitates student discovery.
Math discourse lesson: using literature to introduce a math lesson.