Neurolinguistic Programming and Educational Context in Teaching-Learning Processes

Abstract

Articulating the knowledge of pedagogy with specific actions inside the classroom is the goal of every good teacher. However, the fact that many teachers do not consider the educational background of their students prevents the integration between theory and practice. To address this problem, this article suggests NLP to reach such integration in the framework of higher education. Neuro-linguistic programming, also known as “NLP”, is a technique that aims to change the behavior and communication of a person through verbal and non-verbal language. Therefore, this paper constitutes an analysis of the impact that the strategies of NLP can have when integrating the educational background of students into their learning process. In our study we explain the importance of the higher education student’s educational background and we do a conceptual review of the NLP. Finally, our analysis concludes with the proposition of several NLP strategies that can be applied in the classroom, such as anchoring, calibration, rapport, and modeling. Furthermore, in addition to these strategies, we identified five (5) competences of teachers and four (4) action paths that will make it easier for the educator to apply NLP. For future research, it is worth assessing these strategies in a real learning scenario.