Investing the Effects of Teachers’ Gestures in Class

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210824.049How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gesture, Class, Thumb up, Pointing, Other gestures

Abstract

The objective of this research is to learn how gestures using by the teacher affect students in class. In teaching practice, teachers or speakers tend to express more verbal information than gestures. Gestures also play an irreplaceable role in the teaching process, similar to “scaffolding”. Whether in the understanding of knowledge or emotional communication, it can better connect the relationship between teachers and students. The research of this article uses gesture analysis, conversation analysis, and specific example analysis methods. We use a teaching video of a lower grade teacher to specifically analyze a series of gestures that appear in the classroom. These gestures are thumb up, point, and three special gestures. These types have strong guiding forces and representativeness. Then we will analyze them one by one in the following article. Our research uses a combination of video research, conversation analysis, and motion extension to further explore the meaning of gestures in the teaching process.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wanting Dai
AU  - Yanle Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/25
TI  - Investing the Effects of Teachers’ Gestures in Class
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 222
EP  - 226
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210824.049
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210824.049
ID  - Dai2021
ER  -