The expressiveness of a university professor in his classroom performance: analysis of verbal resources and implications for nursing

Abstract

Expressiveness is the ability of individuals to make their thoughts alive through language and body, effectively transmitting information. This study investigated the expressiveness of a university professor during nursing classes in relation to verbal resources from the perspective of students.This descriptive and quantitative study was carried out in a Higher Education Institution using specific instruments to assess expressiveness. The professor's class was video recorded and the video was first assessed by three speech and language experts and later assessed by 141 students with whom he had no previous contact. The results reveal that students and experts agreed in relation to the professors' expressive skills, which proved the ability of students to evaluate this communication skill. La expresividad del profesor universitario durante su actuación en la sala de clases: análisis de los recursos verbales utilizados y sus implicaciones para la enfermeira La expresividad es la capacidad del individuo de tornar vivo su pensamiento por medio del lenguaje y por la expresión corporal, permitiendo la transmisión de informaciones de modo efectivo. El presente estudio objetivó investigar la expresividad del profesor universitario de enfermería dando clases en relación a sus recursos verbales, a partir de la evaluación de los alumnos. Se trata de investigación descriptiva, cuantitativa, desarrollada en una Institución de Enseñanza Superior, para lo cual fueron utilizados instrumentos específicos de evaluación de la expresividad. Se realizó una película de una clase del referido profesor, que fue primeramente evaluada por tres expertos fonoaudiólogos y después sometida a evaluación por parte de 141 alumnos que no habían tenido contacto previo con el mismo. Los resultados mostraron que alumnos y expertos coincidieron en su evaluación sobre las habilidades expresivas del profesor universitario de enfermería, lo que comprobó la capacidad y la propiedad de los estudiantes en la evaluación de esa habilidad de comunicación.Descriptores: Comunicación; Docentes de Enfermería; Fonoaudiología. IntroductionThe word 'communication' originates from the Latin word communicatione (common), which means to participate, take common action, to relate with live and conscious beings, to make something common among beings, be it information, sensation or emotions, among other objects (1) . Through various connections and the exchange of information, a message is transmitted and understood through the communication process and enables learning, resolution of activities, motivation, and cooperation, in order to obtain the best results in workplaces (2) It is the ability of an individual to make his/her thought alive through language and body expression and then seek arguments to incite in another the wish to think together and construct an idea (4) ; it is a way to use communicative resources, generating either negative or positive impressions, pleasant or not, in the listener (5) .It is related to the speaker's emotions and attitudes; the way...

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