The last chapter for the Kuma book clearly stated what to do when observing a classroom. There are three very important stakeholders to consider when observing a classroom: observer, teacher, and learner. The idea of this chapter was how to create your own personal theory and put it to practice and then self-observe, self-analyze, and self-evaluate your teaching act/theory. Although I may have a teaching philosophy as a pre-service teacher, I do not know if that will work in my classroom because I have yet to have my own classroom. When I do, it is important to take the M & M observational scheme into consideration.
The M & M observational scheme consist of a three-stage activity: preservation, in which the observer and the teacher consult with each other regarding the aims, objectives, and activities of the class to be monitored; observation itself; and post observation, in which the observer and the teacher select a few episodes for a detailed treatment, analyze classroom input and interaction, interpret their analysis, derive pedagogic implications, and put all this knowledge together to develop a theory of practice. This observational scheme is very detailed and takes a lot of time, but I am so happy that I have this to refer to when I actually am in the classroom because it will definitely help my teaching decisions.
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