Abstract

Teaching is all about communication. Teachers who sharpen their communication skills are prepared to instruct, advise, and mentor their students. They communicate well to effectively collaborate within a healthy educational process. This research aims to Make sure the communication scale prepared for the current research has statistical validity to be applied in the current research, identify the teachers' verbal non-verbal communication skills level, to explore the differences in these variables due to gender. A sample of (376) elementary and preparatory stage teachers, Minia Governorate, Egypt (188 male, 188 female) was chosen. For data collection, the researchers utilized the verbal and non-verbal communication scale (prepared by the researchers). They were applied electronically during the 2020 academic year. The research was a descriptive research design. Results demonstrated The communication scale prepared for the current research has statistical validity to be applied in the current research, there was a high level of verbal and nonverbal communication skills among the research sample. Besides, there were no statistically significant differences between male and female teachers in the levels of verbal communication skills, non-verbal communication skills. Some recommendations regarding the necessity to specify courses for pre-service teachers on verbal communication skills, nonverbal communication skills, were presented. Also, suggestions for those in charge of the educational administration process to improve teachers and school health promotion were illustrated.

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