2. Other people’s written ideas on the topic Besides keeping notes of your own perceptions of a
situation, it is also useful to know what other people have
written about the topic. By reading, you can compare other
people’s views with your own and also learn more about the
topic you will explore. Andrea did this when she decided to
find out more about the meaning and role of ‘wrapping up’.
What she did was to surf the web to look for information
about it and she found some good websites which
suggested that a wrapping-up was effective when it
involved students and was focused on their learning.
Collecting this kind of information about a topic is
something you can do either by surfing the web, as
Andrea did, or by reading magazines, journals or books.
Task 5.2 @ Let’s practise looking for other people’s written ideas on
a topic. This time, and just for the sake of this task, please
find additional information about ‘wrapping up’ to
complement what Andrea found. Surf the web and take
some notes about the ideas you find.
Note: We will also do the exercise; you can check what we
found in the answer key.
1. Your own written reflections and/or notes 2. Other people’s written ideas on the topic 3. Notes from informal conversations with colleagues 4. Reflective writing by students 5. Notes or recordings of focus group discussions 6. Notes or recordings of interviews / chats with individuals 7. Responses to a questionnaire 8. Lesson plans and materials 9. Lesson recordings 10. A critical friend’s notes about your lesson 11. Pictures of your class 12. Students’ performance on tasks (written or recorded)
