Teacher Communication Concern

Abstract

Teacher communication concern (hereafter abbreviated TCC) is a concept and research line that developed from attempts to describe specific behaviors of teachers that could influence student learning. Initially conceived as three factors of worry or anxiety about self (confidence and competence as teacher), task (mastering the specific skills), and impact (affecting learning), it is an area that is part of the general category of instructional communication (→ Communication Education, Goals of), which is the interaction of teacher and student talk in classrooms (→ Classroom Student–Teacher Interaction).