Two conversations at once: making sense of classroom observations
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Article Title | Two conversations at once: making sense of classroom observations |
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ERA Journal ID | 20439 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Henderson, Robyn |
Journal Title | English in Australia |
Journal Citation | 50 (3), pp. 45-49 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0046-208X |
0155-2147 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;py=2015;vol=50;res=IELHSS;issn=0155-2147;iss=3 |
Abstract | Classroom observations are sometimes a challenging form of data collection. Not only are interpretations of those observations subject to the researcher’s theoretical lens, but communication between the researcher and the teacher is often delayed until well after the observed events. This article reports research that focused on the pedagogical decision-making of a teacher in an English classroom, with the aim of understanding how the teacher catered for ‘new’ students. Initially, video-stimulated recall was identified as a possible way of assisting a review of classroom practices and considering reflections ‘on action’. However, the teacher instigated an ‘in action’ method of data collection by conducting two conversations at once in her classroom. One conversation was her teaching, comprising interactions with the students in her class; the other conversation was a ‘voice-over’, to alert the researcher to what she was doing and why. This teacher-developed strategy helped to make visible the teacher’s thinking and justifications for particular classroom practices. |
Keywords | classroom observation; qualitative research; literacy; video-stimulated recall |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 441006. Sociological methodology and research methods |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q37y0/two-conversations-at-once-making-sense-of-classroom-observations
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