Observation, what does that mean?

Observation, what does that mean?

Why are observations important?

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Checklists

A checklist contains a list of different features of a lesson, which you complete while observing a lesson. Checklists provide a clear focus for observation

 Seating charts

Seating charts showing the arrangement of desks in the classroom as well as the position the teacher normally teaches from, can also be used to code such things as the number of times students ask the teacher a question or vice versa, and the number of times a student asks other students questions

 Field notes

These consist of brief descriptions in note form of key events that occurred throughout the lesson. They can provide a summary of the lesson as a whole, or can be time-based (e.g., every five minutes). For example:

Field notes example

8:30 - Class begins.

8:33 - Teacher writes instructions for class on board as students turn on computers.

8: 35 - Teacher gives oral instructions for online reading task. 8:40 - Students engage in online reading task with computers. 8:45 - Silence - reading comprehension ensues.

8: 50 - Silence

8:55 - Teacher checks with a student about why he's not reading and circulates to see how other students are doing.

9:00 - Silence continues as students read.

9:04 - Students finished with online reading task look up at teacher.

 Narrative summary

A narrative summary is a written summary of the lesson that tries to capture the main things that happened during the course of it, such as how the lesson opened, the sequence of activities that occurred, how the teacher introduced each activity, and so on. The  account  should  contain  as much  information as possible but should not contain any evaluation of the lesson.

Time to observe a lesson

https://youtu.be/wZrdLd02jt4

Observation Questions

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L5GBLBlpv_3xou-tiHGocMQmZLOPEmxdwxs9DqY-ggM/edit?usp=sharing

Time to write about it

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tXE3E_qxy5hYwXIMQWER5OlW3MeyCvZfTPvPWwo2WQc/edit?usp=sharing