Teaching observation (Activity)

Ross Woods, 2022

For each of the questions below, describe what the teacher did and explain the reasons for doing so. (Do not give tick-box Yes or no answers.)
Note aspects of the teacher’s performance that you would like to emulate in your own teaching.

1. How did they manage space in the classroom? (e.g. location of furniture, spaces for students to move in appropriate). How effective was it?
2. What did the teacher do to establish and maintain student motivation?
3. How effective was the teacher in using all class time for engaging students effective teaching-learning? Consider time lost in class-room management, behavior management, lesson components that didn’t work (confusing, not engaging, etc.)
4. How effective were their questioning techniques? (E.g. leading discussions, levels in Blooms taxonomy)
5. How effective was the sequencing of lesson content?
6. How effective was the teacher in achieving lesson goals?
7. How effective was the teacher in achieving requirements of the mandatory curriculum?
8. Were students mainly actively or passively involved? why?
9. How effective was the teacher’s oral communication skills?
10. How effectively did they pitch the lesson for students’ developmental level?
11. To what extent has the teacher developed their own personal style?
12. How effective were the teacher’s behavior management strategies? (Note: These might not be observable if the teacher has established norms with which students routinely comply.)
13. How did they manage individualized learning, that is, teaching both the whole class as a group and also tracking the learning of each individual student, including attitude, academic ability, social-emotional development, socialization, disability, developmental variations, at-risk factors.