Sleightly Persuasive: Using Magic To Teach Principles of Persuasion.

Autor/in	Frasier, C. Jay
Titel	Sleightly Persuasive: Using Magic To Teach Principles of Persuasion.
Quelle	(1994), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Class Activities; Ethics; Higher Education; Instructional Innovation; Learning Strategies; Nonverbal Communication; Persuasive Discourse; Speech Communication; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ethik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation
Abstract	Magic can be used in the communication classroom as a means for introducing and/or illustrating the subject of persuasion. A magical effect which fools the class can lead to an early discussion of the need to be a critical consumer of persuasive messages. Magic can also be used to introduce the subject of ethics in persuasion. Each student can be given an "individual" astrological reading which, in fact, is the same for everyone. These "cold readings" contain general statements that apply to most everyone. However, students will generally ascribe great accuracy to the readings. Thus, students are persuaded that the readings were prepared "just for them." The ethics of using cold readings to persuade someone that one is "psychic" can be used as a springboard to discussions of ambiguity, vagueness, and deception in persuasive messages. Finally, magic can be used as an illustration of nonverbal persuasive messages. Successful magical performance is most often dependent on misdirection, or controlling the audiences' attention away from some movement or discrepancy, which is often accomplished through nonverbal means. This can lead to a discussion of the use of nonverbal tactics in persuasion. The three best ways to learn magic that can be used in a classroom are from books, from video tapes, and from personal instruction. Contains 17 references. (RS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC