[AR] Group 1 - Observation seminar

Name 4 steps of a OBSERVATION ACTION RESEARCH.

• Plan

  Act

  Observe

  Reflect

• Initiation

  Act

  Observe

  Hypothesis

• Intervention

  Evaluation

  Dissemination

  Follow-up

How many types of observation?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Which one is form of observation:

• Observations by teacher of colleague on classroom action

• Notes or recorded comments by teacher while the class is in progress

• Maps, layouts or socio-grams of the classroom that trace the

  interactions between Ss and T

• Photographs of the physical context

What researcher can use for observation sheets?

• Using coding system or checklist

• data which can be treated

  quantitatively

• Audio- or video-recording of classroom

AR observation is different from the routine kind of looking/seeing that

teachers do every day.

• True

• False

AR observation is much more self-conscious because it is:

• focused, objective, reflective, documented, evaluated and re-evaluated

• hypothesis, intervention, evaluation, dissemination

Observers can take on a variety of roles, or modes of observation, for example:

• peer observation, self-observation, collaborative observation, 'other' - observation

• hypothesis, intervention, evaluation, dissemination

Observe and look for nothing in particular, which may

lead the observer to notice ______ happenings.

• unusual

• environment

• talkative

Look for paradoxes so that observers might notice a student who is generally very quiet in the classroom suddenly becomes . . . . . .

• environment

• talkative

• unusual

Observe and record everything, which gives the observer a broad

look at the ___________.

• environment

• unusual

• talkative