The “Gmuender Gespraechsmodell” – A Training for Teachers to Improve their Communication Skills in Parent-Teacher-Conferences.

Author(s):

Gernot AichMichael Behr

Conference:

ECER 2009

Network:

1. Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals, Leaders, and Organisations

Format:

Paper

Session Information

01 SES 08 A, Teacher Tools for Improvement

Paper Session

Time:

2009-09-30

08:30-10:00

Room:

NIG, HS I

Chair:

Gernot Aich

Contribution

The „Gmuender Gesprächsmodell“ is a communication training specially developed for teachers and teacher students in parent-teacher-conferences. The duration of the training is about 45h and the aim is to improve the teachers` communication skills in parent-teacher-conferences. The training is based on approaches of person-centred counselling, systemic points of view and parts of transactional analysis. The different approaches are combined and adapted to the setting of parent-teacher-conferences. In this lecturer the training concept and its different units will be presented. Furthermore the experiences of the participants with the training concept will be shown. Those results provide an insight into the expectations of the participants on the training, their own estimation of their personal development and also the strengths and weak points of the trainings concept.

Method

The measurement was made by Goal Attainment Scales (GAS). T1 was given to the attendants before the training and they had to write down which goals they want to achieve by doing the training. Three weeks after the training the second Goal Attainment Scales was hand out to the participants of the training. In this second sheet they had to fill out, if they have achieved their goals or not and to what percentage they think they have reached their own aims.

Expected Outcomes

The evaluation shows the benefits and the lack of the training concept in the eyes of the participants.

References

Aich G. (2006): Eine typische Situation im Eltern-Lehrer-Gespräch: Die Ja-Aber-Falle. In: Rubicon: Das Magazin für engagierte Lehrer. Heft 12/06. Raabe-Verlag für Bildungsmanagement. Aich G., Mühlhäuser-Link, S., Hölldampf, D., Wetzel, S., Behr, M. (2007). Das Schwäbisch Gmünder Gesprächsmodell. Ein Trainingsprogramm zur besseren Bewältigung von Elterngesprächen. In: Magazin Schule. Heft 4. Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg. Aich, G, Behr, M., Wetzel, S., Link, S. Kormann, G. (in Vorbereitung). Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Kommunikations-Trainings für das Eltern-Lehrer-Gespräch. Aich, G. (2008 2.Aufl.). Kompetente Lehrer-ein Konzept zur Verbesserung der Kommunikations- und Konfliktlösefähigkeit von Lehrern. Schneider-Verlag. Hohengehren. Aich, G., Mühlhäuser-Link, S.; Hölldampf, D., Wetzel, S., Behr, M. (2007). Gesprächsführung mit Eltern – das Schwäbisch Gmünder Modell. Ein Lehrertraining zur professionellen Gesprächsführung in Eltern-Lehrer-Gesprächen. In: Forschungsjournal der Pädagogischen Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd. Heft 1 Behr, M. & Franta, B. (2003). Interaktionsmuster im Eltern-Lehrer-Gespräch in klientzentrierter und systemischer Sicht. In Gesprächspsychotherapie und Personzentrierte Beratung. 34, (1),19-28. Behr, M. (2005). Differentielle Effekte von Eltern-Lehrer-Gesprächen mit empathischen und selbsteinbringenden Interventionen im Rollenspielexperiment. In Empirische Pädagogik, 19 (3), 244-264. Behr, M., Doubek, N. & Höfer, S. (2002). Authentizität als Einheit von Erfahrung, Selbstkonzept und Echt-Sein am Beispiel von unterrichtenden Lehrern. In Person, 6 (2), 60-70. Hölldampf, D., Aich, G., Jakob, T., Behr, M. (2008). The use of the person-centred approach for parent-teacher communication: A qualitative study. In M. Behr & J. Cornelius-White (Eds.), Person-Centred Work with Children, Adolescents and Parents, (pp.). Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books. Mühlhäuser-Link, S., Aich, G., Wetzel, S., Kormann, G., Behr, M. 2008. Development and evaluation of a communication training for teachers in a parent-teacher-conference. In M. Behr & J. Cornelius-White (Eds.), Person-Centred Work with Children, Adolescents and Parents, (pp.). Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.

Author Information

Gernot Aich

Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd

Psychologie

Schwäbisch Gmünd

Michael Behr

Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

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