Systematic Observation

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Systematic Observation

• TED 207
• Introduction To Teaching
• Technology Education

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Professional Responsibility

• Actively participate
• Observe Continuously collect information for
• Planning
• Management

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Ask Yourself

• Am I asking enough questions?
• Should I plan more activities to teach this
  concept?
• Are the students ready to go on to the next unit?
• Is my seating arrangement appropriate?
• Are students staying on-task?

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Benefits

• Teachers
• Analyze
• Teaching Effectiveness
• Teaching Behaviors
• Provides ongoing feedback needed for classroom
  management and on-the-spot instructional
  adjustments (p. 293).

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Benefits

• Students
• Teachers analyze
• Progress
• Academic
• Social
• Behavior
• Learning

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Types

• Nonsystematic
• Watch and take notes
• Behaviors
• Characteristics
• Personal Interactions
• Anecdotal
• Subjective

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Types

• Systematic
• Measures specific behaviors or events
• Frequency
• Duration
• Magnitude
• Latency (To grow and/or develop late)

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Effective Observation

• You must be very careful when interpreting what
  you see. Your past experiences and biases can
  distort your interpretation of your vision.

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Types of Data

• Valued data subjective value judgments.
• Document with words like
• Appropriate
• Effective
• Adequate

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Types of Data

• Descriptive data organized, categorized, or
  quantified
• May involve
• Counting occurrences
• Classify as
• Divergent or convergent
• Positive or negative
• Necessary or unnecessary

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Types of Data

• Reproduced data verbatim
• Video
• Audio
• Total transcript

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Effective Observation

• Helps with assessing your own teaching skills
• Examine, refine, and modify
• Requires detachment
• Avoid including your own feelings, attitudes, and
  biases in what you observe

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Effective Observation

• Focusing Strategies
• Acquire accurate information
• Apply what you learn
• Understand that you cant monitor everythingpick
  a small group or several individual students
• Limit the number of behaviors you look for at one
  time

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Effective Observation

• Focusing Strategies
• Develop a plan!
• Identify
• Study
• Classify
• Measure
• Observational Skills

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Effective Observation

• Be objective!
• Make sure the behaviors you are recording can be
  seen and counted
• Avoid inferences or interpretations
• Examples on page 297
• Task 11.1
• Work in groups of three

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Effective Observation

• Develop a system for recording data that suits
  your style and needs
• How can you best record what you need to?
• There is no one correct method
• Do what works best for you.
• Good suggestions are on pages 299 306.

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Observation Ethics

• Observation information
• is confidential.
• should never be shared with unqualified
  personnel.
• is discussed on a need-to-know basis.

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Observation Ethics (continue)

• Observation information
• (or other school business) is not talked about
  outside the school.
• when shared with colleagues in public places is
  professionally unethical.