Lesson 12: teaching speaking in primary level pupils: monologue and dialogue questions to be discussed

Internet resources:

www.unistrasi.it

www.Ziyonet.uz

LESSON 16: CLASSROOM OBSERVATION: WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

Questions to be discussed:

1. What are lesson observations?

2.What is Observation in Early Childhood Education?

3. Why observation of the lesson is important?

Key words: objectives,aim, warming up, practice, timeline, time management.

1. 
   What are lesson observations?
   

A lesson observation, also known as a classroom observation, is the practice in which a lesson is observed to assess the quality of teaching to ensure students are receiving the most effective learning experience. Any teacher can be subject to a lesson observation and these can be conducted by fellow teachers, administrators or external parties and these can be planned or unplanned observations. These are implemented by all schools and also enforced by many external bodies as a process for school assessment.

Lesson observations are regarded universally as an effective form of professional development and are used consistently throughout a teacher’s career - in fact, Ofstedhave used lesson observations as part of their inspection process in the UK since 1992. Although the concept of being observed is daunting, they aren’t intended as a practice to scaremonger teachers, it’s to identify ways in which you can improve your teaching and classroom management skills, reducing blockers to student learning so they’re achieving the best they possibly can.

Those observing lessons are asked to identify the biggest blocker to student learning in the classroom, provide the teacher with feedback on their lesson, including ideas and techniques they can implement to improve. When feedback is provided it’s not uncommon for teachers to receive additional lesson observations for observers can assess how well these techniques have been implemented and to provide further direction - creating a continuous cycle of professional development.