ETL1718 Erasmus+ Teaching and Learning 2017-18
2. Classroom Observation (Recommended)
Inviting another program participant to observe your class does not only always a great opportunity to get feedback on your teaching but also to maintain the community of practice that you have formed during the summer school. Therefore, you are strongly encouraged to arrange one or more classroom visits by a fellow program participant during the implementation of your teaching innovation.
The visitor shall observe and take notes on classroom activities, dynamics, instructor and student behavior, and so on, preferably by completing the classroom observation protocol prepared by program organizers and attached to this entry. We have also included instructions on how to use this form and conduct the visit. The participant and the visitor are expected to meet afterwards to discuss the visitor’s comments.
If you plan on using classroom observations as a method of data collection on your teaching innovation, we recommend you check our observation protocol first to see if it allows for collecting the kind of data you need for the evaluation of your innovation. If our protocol fits your purpose, you are welcome to use it. If not, you will have to design your own, possibly shorter, form. In the latter case, you may still have your visitor use our protocol for general observation purposes together with your specific data collection instrument.
Regardless of whether you have invited someone to observe your class to gain more information on your teaching or specifically to collect data for the evaluation of your innovation, you are encouraged to consider comments received during the peer observation in your teaching innovation reflection paper to be completed during the Spring 2018 semester.
Finally, we would appreciate if you shared the completed classroom observation protocol and other notes, if available, with us. A homework vault named “Classroom Observation” has been set up for this purpose. Forms should be uploaded to the personal folder of the participant whose teaching was observed (not to the folder of the visitor).
The visitor shall observe and take notes on classroom activities, dynamics, instructor and student behavior, and so on, preferably by completing the classroom observation protocol prepared by program organizers and attached to this entry. We have also included instructions on how to use this form and conduct the visit. The participant and the visitor are expected to meet afterwards to discuss the visitor’s comments.
If you plan on using classroom observations as a method of data collection on your teaching innovation, we recommend you check our observation protocol first to see if it allows for collecting the kind of data you need for the evaluation of your innovation. If our protocol fits your purpose, you are welcome to use it. If not, you will have to design your own, possibly shorter, form. In the latter case, you may still have your visitor use our protocol for general observation purposes together with your specific data collection instrument.
Regardless of whether you have invited someone to observe your class to gain more information on your teaching or specifically to collect data for the evaluation of your innovation, you are encouraged to consider comments received during the peer observation in your teaching innovation reflection paper to be completed during the Spring 2018 semester.
Finally, we would appreciate if you shared the completed classroom observation protocol and other notes, if available, with us. A homework vault named “Classroom Observation” has been set up for this purpose. Forms should be uploaded to the personal folder of the participant whose teaching was observed (not to the folder of the visitor).