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Focused Observation #2 TEACHER To gain insight and knowledge from your field experience, your observations must be careful, analytical, and deliberate. Your notes for this observation will be more of a log of what you see. It is impossible to list many specific items that you need to look for. Once you have made your observations, you need to consider carefully what you have seen and relate to what you have learned in this class. School: ________________________________ Date: ______________ Time: ___________ Grade: ______________________ Teacher(s) _____________________________________ Describe The Teacher: · Appearance· Affect (facial expression, body language)· DressDescribe The Teacher’s Actions: · Interactions with students – quantity and quality· How quickly or slowly does the teacher move? Talk?· How does the teacher listen?· What kinds of questions does the teacher ask?· Does the teacher give attention to all students or certain students? It is helpful to construct a seating chart and mark each teacher interaction on the students’ places.· What prompts teacher response to students?You might make a dialogue chart such as this:
· Questioning: lower-order memory only yes/no; or higher order which require thinkingYou can record frequency of types of questions by writing a L or H on the student’s place on the seating chart created above. After your observation analyze your data for patterns of interactions and questioning used by the classroom teacher. What was the ratio of lower order to higher order questions? Do certain children receive more or different kinds of attention that others? Was there an obvious or subtle reason apparent for this?
Merryellen Towey Schulz, Ph.D. College of Saint Mary Fall, 2001
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