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Presentation Skills

Discover the advantages of giving a 'better performance' while teaching. Learn about qualities of great instructors, two important tools of actors, four rules from acting, and the differences between teaching and acting.

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Presentation Skills

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  1. Presentation Skills

  2. What word, expression, saying, etc. is depicted below?Main Tool M CE M CE M CE of an Actor

  3. What word, expression, saying, etc. is depicted below?Main Tool STEP PETS PETS of an Actor

  4. What word, expression, saying, etc. is depicted below?Main Tool SHUT of an Actor

  5. What word, expression, saying, etc. is depicted below?Main Tool RATMAIL RATS of an Actor

  6. Presentation Skills

  7. Benefits of a ‘Better Performance’ What are the advantages of giving a ‘better performance’ while teaching?

  8. Session Outline • Qualities of Great Instructors • Two Important Tools of Actors • Four Rules from Acting • Differences Between Teaching and Acting

  9. Qualities of Great Instructors • Subject mastery • Enthusiasm • Presentation Skills

  10. Two Important Tools of Actors • Voice and Body

  11. Voice and Body • Effective use of voice and body improves • Student learning • Student interest in the subject matter • Teacher confidence • Teaching evaluations

  12. Voice • Speaking clearly with enough volume • Paralanguage

  13. Body • Physical animation: gestures, posture, facial expressions, movement • Eye contact

  14. Body • Negative Body Language to Avoid: • Upstaging students • Distracting movements/actions

  15. Voice and Body • Toastmasters International • Your Speaking Voice • Gestures: Your Body Speaks

  16. Four Rules From Acting • Know your lines • Understand blocking • There is no such thing as nervousness • Act the part

  17. Differences Between Teaching and Acting • What are some aspects of teaching that are not generally found in acting?

  18. Stand-Up Comedy • Involve the audience in the presentation • Be prepared to improvise • The pause

  19. Thank you!

  20. REFERENCES • Brooks, A (2014). Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol 143, No 3. 1144-1158 • Gurney, P. (2007). Five Factors for Effective Teaching. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, Vol 4, Issue 2, 89-98.  • Hart, R. (2007). Act like a teacher: Teaching as a Performing Art. Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for University of Massachusetts, Amherst. • Huang, Y., Lin S. (2013) Assessment of Charisma as a Factor in Effective Teaching. Journal of Education Techonology & Society, Vol 17, No 2, 284-295. • Krantz, S. (2015) How to Teach Mathematics. 3rd ed. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. • LeFebvre, L, Allen, M. (2014) Teacher immediacy and student learning: An examination of lecture/laboratory and self-contained course sections. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol 14, No 2, 29-45. •  McCarron, K., Savin-Baden, M. (2008) Compering and comparing: stand-up comedy and pedagogy, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, Vol 45, No 4, 355-363 • Polishing Your Delivery. Retrieved from https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/lecturing-and-presenting/delivery/polishing-your-delivery-skills • Servilha, Emilse Aparecida Merlin, & Costa, Aline Teixeira Fialho da. (2015). Knowledge about voice and the importance of voice as an educational resource in the perspective of university professors. Revista CEFAC, 17(1), 13-26. Epub January 00, 2015.https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0216201514813 • Tauber, R. T., & Mester, C. S. (2007). Acting lessons for teachers: Using performance skills in the classroom (second edition). Westport, CN: Praeger.

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