Observation

Observation

1. What is Observation: Helps to improve the quality of the teaching and learning process between teachers and students and, consequently, of the educational system (subjects of the curriculum that the school will carry out)

2. The purpose of observing: The emotional climate that is generated inside the class and that is perceived by the students. • Help The perception that teachers have about the performance of their students

3. Instruments of observation

   • Qualitative approach: provides rich and descriptive data on what happens in the classroom, this data shows the human characteristics of the students and their behaviors.
     • A Qualitative approach allows to get closer to life of people thanks to:
       • 1) Written ethnography: shows the process of the activities inside the classroom during a specific time.
         • Advantage: It provides more information about the social context of the classroom that can be useful to interpret student behaviors
         • Disadvantage: When he does not collect the information given by the teacher it will be a disadvantage for the student since his mood (tiredness) will be noticed and the observer will write those actions in his data paper.
       • 2) Audio and Video Recording: It is a visual aid that allows teachers to see and listen to themselves, also to see the behavior of students and their facial features in the face of explanations of the teacher.
         • Disadvantage: It is difficult to observe more than 20 students because it will not be possible to analyze and detail the abilities and weaknesses of the students.
       • 3) Selected Ethnography: Focuses on individual behavior and shows what happens when the teacher gives instructs a single person.
   • Quantitative Approach: Through the class, the observer makes statistical graphs to detail the course and thus draw their hypotheses from the faults that the teacher has with the classroom
     • Organizing the data by names, age, sex type