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Lights, Camera, Action! Using Video Recordings to Evaluate Teachers
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Petrilli, Michael J. – Education Next, 2011
Teachers and their unions do not want test scores to count for everything; classroom observations are key, too. But planning a couple of visits from the principal is hardly sufficient. These visits may "change the teacher's behavior"; furthermore, principals may not be the best judges of effective teaching. So why not put video cameras in…
Descriptors: Expertise, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness
"Mathematicians Would Say It This Way": An Investigation of Teachers' Framings of Mathematicians
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Cirillo, Michelle; Herbel-Eisenmann, Beth – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
Although popular media often provides negative images of mathematicians, we contend that mathematics classroom practices can also contribute to students' images of mathematicians. In this study, we examined eight mathematics teachers' framings of mathematicians in their classrooms. Here, we analyze classroom observations to explore some of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers, Investigations, Educational Practices
Seeing What You Normally Don't See
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Zhang, Meilan; Lundeberg, Mary; Eberhardt, Jan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Although teacher research has gained increased attention as a promising approach to improving teachers, many teachers find it challenging to research their own classrooms. Video has great potential to support teacher research because of its unique capability to capture the elusive classroom practice. In this article, we documented the role of…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Teaching Methods, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Conflicts in Science the Classroom: Documentation and Management through Phenomenological Methodology
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Oloruntegbe, K. O.; Omoniyi, A. O.; Omoniyi, M. B. I.; Ojelade, I. A. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
The study investigated the nature of conflicts that are generated in the science classroom. Twenty video-recorded lessons taught by 10 randomly selected pre-service science teachers in teaching practice in a few Nigerian secondary schools were analyzed. Beside the expected goal attainment of the lessons a number of negative conflicts were…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education
Beginning Teachers' Understanding Performances of Technology Integration
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Gao, Ping; Wong, Angela F. L.; Choy, Doris; Wu, Jing – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2011
As part of a two-year, mixed methods study, the focus of this paper reports the qualitative findings that are related to nine beginning teachers' learning to teach with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during their first year of teaching. It aims to explore how these teachers deepen their understanding performances of technology…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Methods
Key Elements of Observing Practice: A Data Wise DVD and Facilitator's Guide
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Boudett, Kathryn Parker; City, Elizabeth A.; Russell, Marcia K. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
Based on the bestselling book "Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning", and its companion volume, "Data Wise in Action", this DVD and Facilitator's Guide offer insight into one of the most challenging steps in capturing data about school performance: observing and analyzing instructional…
Descriptors: Discussion, Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Observation