Observation in AR

What is really happening here?

What role(s) am I taking up in my class?

What role(s) are my students taking?

What happens if I change the set-up of the classroom in some way?

What happens if I communicate differently with my students?

What happens if I use my materials in a new way?

What will my students do if I give them more choices about class activities?

Objective

Reflective

Documented

Evaluated and re-evaluated

Peer observation

Self-observation

Collaborative observation

observe and record everything

observe and look for nothing in particular

look for paradoxes

identify the key problem

Who? How many?

What? Where?

When? How often?

Where? How?

Observation sheets

Behaviour checklist

Events checklist

Observation notes

Analytical observations

Reflective observations

Narrative observations

Shadowing

video-recording

Capture oral interaction

complete lesson

particular segments

Audio-recording

easier to set up

less noticeable