Observation

Observation

1. Observing and describing: what do I need to see?

   • Good AR observation is becoming 'strangers' in our own classrooms
   • It is about asking reflective questions
   • Focused
   • Objective
   • Reflective
   • Documented
   • Evaluated and re-evaluated

2. Roles

   • 'Other-observation'
   • Peer
   • Self
   • Collaborative

3. Approaches Richards (2003)

   • Observe and record everything
   • Observe and look for nothing in particulat
   • Look for paradoxes
   • Identify the key problem facing a group

4. Planning your observation

   • Who? How many?
   • What? Where?
   • When? How often?
   • Where? How?

5. Tools

   • Observation sheets
   • A behavior checklist
   • Events checklist

6. Observation notes

   • Reflective
   • Analytical
   • Narrative
   • Shadowing