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IntroductionThe American philosopher of education John Dewey in his book 'Democracy and Education' said: 'Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it can rightly be said that it exists in transmission, in communication." And school is one of the systems in which communication takes place between different groups of people so that the existing society can continue to exist by transmitting consolidated knowledge, skills and values ​​within that society. Undoubtedly we know all the importance of communication within the school; we are not sure what type of communication can be considered effective in the school context. In this article I am therefore going to deal with the topic of effective communication at school, in particular with regards to teacher-student communication. In order to proceed we must first clearly define the topic. What I mean by effective communication between teachers and students is that teachers can clearly provide their instructions, knowledge, skills and the value they would like to teach. without too much distortion and loss during understanding. For example, a liberal studies teacher wants to teach his students the meaning of the rule of law and states that its meaning goes beyond following the law because the ultimate goal is to achieve justice. After the lesson, students do not know how to balance observing the law and achieving justice and why they cannot achieve justice by observing the law. Here we can see that the educator cannot convey his message effectively. Building Relationships To make communication between teachers and students effective, a good relationship is needed. If students are hostile towards teachers, it is impossible that the teacher can have his/...... middle of paper ......rt, we call effective communication between teachers and students since the teacher can convey knowledge would like to present to students. Therefore, choosing useful instructional communication strategies is important for effective communication in the classroom because these strategies influence the quality of the messages transferred. Putting Yourself in the Students' Shoes Once again, John Dewey in Democracy and Education stated that "The failure to keep in mind the difference" in the matter from the respective points of view of teacher and student is responsible for most errors in…expressions of knowledge." Here Dewey identified a common mistake of teachers which is the inability to grasp the students' perspective. Teachers are too familiar with the knowledge they teach and fail to understand why students fail to learn about the topic. As an educator,