How NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Can Help You Become a Better Teacher
As we all know, teaching is one of the noblest professions across the globe. If students are to achieve success in their future, it is the teachers that hold the key. However, recently educators have discovered that education is not solely about coursework but a lot of it depends on communication and interpersonal interaction. Hence, Neuro-linguistic programming has been at the forefront of the education sector and a tool for teachers to become even better.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP for short, is a methodology developed in the 1970s which, put simply, helps individuals understand the way they take on board information in every form, be it what they see, hear, taste or feel. They discover how the way they process that information influences their actions and, in turn, various outcomes that affect their lives.
Every student has a different learning style and for a teacher to be able to understand each method efficiently and get positive results requires them to know NLP. NLP not only helps the teacher as a tool to understand the learning behavior of students but also helps them deal with challenging behavior that a student may possess.
*A paper submitted at the European Conference on Educational Research presents a discussion on how the neuro-linguistic programming approach is useful to teaching and learning. Among the many parallels mentioned between teaching and neuro-linguistic programming techniques are the following:
- In a dynamic teacher-learner relationship, the meaning is achieved through mutual feedback.
- All communication potentially influences learning. Teachers’ language and behavior crucially influence learners on at least two levels: Their understanding of the topic in question and their beliefs about the world, including about
- Teachers’ awareness of their behavior and choice of words, and how sensitive they are to the influence of such words and behavior on learners, are vital to making the teaching and learning processes effective
NLP in the education sector aims to give teachers the tools they need to make changes to the thought processes of students and turn them to their advantage in order to achieve better results; and this is how it helps one to become a better teacher.
At Saamarthya Teachers Training Academy of Research (STTAR), we are organizing classes on ‘NLP for effective teaching’ on 19th September and 26th September 2020. For more information, visit https://sttar.in/academic-calendar/
