#56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah
As Hopkins (1993 cited in McDonough 1997) describes, observation is a “pivotal activity with a crucial role to play in classroom research” (p 101).
The purpose of this observation is to inspect the various interpersonal interactions between instructor ,aids and learners. Observations is not a rigid technique, it should be a dynamic one, this dynamism keeps the class going on.
Teacher in the role of observer creates the awareness feeling within the learners which allows the teacher to impose his/her actual plan in the class-room, the teacher drops syrups then the bees come around. (more…)