SELECTED WAYS OF NONVEBRAL COMMUNICATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

The presented study has a theoretical-empirical character. The theoretical part of the study defines the basic theoretical characteristics of pedagogical communication. Subsequently, there is a detailed theoretical analysis of non-verbal communication and its application to the university educational process. Theoretical definitions and characteristics are used as a background for the empirical research of the mentioned issue. There is empirical research of non-verbal communication in the university educational process in the empirical part of the study. Data collection was realized by the prepared questionnaire. Empirical research has a quantitative design of research. The analysis of the collected data was realized by the results of bivariate and univariate data analysis in the statistical software SPSS 20. The main aim of the study is the analysis of the haptic area in the non-verbal communication used by a university teacher in the university educational process.