Properly conducted classroom observation is a powerful tool in the continuing professional development of teachers. The revised performance management arrangement for teachers‚ which came into force on 1 September‚ 2007‚ clearly set the expectation that classroom observations are to be developmental in nature and multi-purpose in usage. The Education ( School Teacher Performance Management) Regulations 2006 state that the total period of classroom observation allowed per performance management cycle
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Observation of the Toddler Environment Name: Iona Fisher Date: Wednesday May 14th‚ 2014 Time of observation: 9.30 - 11.30 Number of Children: 11 Number of Staff: 3 Ages of children: 18 months - 2.5 years of age Upon entering the toddler environment‚ the first thing that I noticed was the classroom atmosphere‚ which was calm and yet full of educational opportunities for a variety of students. The shelves and materials were organized in sequential order‚ the shelves were exposed so that materials
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Infant observation Objective Observation I had the opportunity to observe one of the infants room at San Jacinto college. One my first day of observations there were three kids‚ two boys and one girl between the ages of three and seventh months old. I saw the teacher playing with two of the kids that were laying on the rug and the other baby was being rocked by one of the students that was doing observations. I notice that in this room were a variety
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Observation Report. As everything knows to observe is not an easy job‚ many aspects are involved in this process and to be able to manage these aspects we must learn from the experiences. I have observed a class and I realized about many things that I will do in a near future. I always thought that teaching was easy. Throughout my life teachers have been teaching me many things but I have never wondered how they do that job. I have observed 5 aspects in a classroom‚ namely; activities‚ use of
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Time Sample Observation Form Observer’s Name: Child’s Name: Context (what is happening during observation): FREE PLAY-OUTSIDE TIME Number of Children in room at time of observation: 14 Teacher to Child Ratio during observation: 1 TO 12- 2 TEACHERS Child Behavior Identified for Observation: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Start Time|End Time|Area Child Is In|What Child is doing|Describe Incident/eventComments| 10:00
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the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world‚ they cast a light upon it which makes visible to him more things in greater detail than he could see in the dark‚ or uneducated state." The Absorbent Mind p 167‚ Chap 17 Montessori was very influenced by the work of Edouard Seguin. He specialised in working with mentally deficient children and had developed a series of exercises that helped to train the children’s senses and to teach them the skills of everyday life. He also
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OBSERVATION CHECKLIST EARLY LITERACY BEHAVIOR DIRECTION: Observe your family or relatives having 1 or 2 kids only who are 2-3 years old. Observe the kids’ behavior and the family members’ interaction. Determine the early literacy behavior of the kids by checking the most observable traits only. A. Oral Language Humming Imitating familiar sounds Singing Counting Reciting Chanting similar to reading Producing pleasant sound to imitate reading voice Using incomprehensible language but perceive
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Before I begin talking about my observations on the three groups I observed‚ I should give a background of where and whom I studied to give you a clearer understanding. I work in Orange County at a donut shop and I just box donuts and make lattes/Frappuccino’s all day long. My shifts are always morning time (around 5am usually) so people tend to be half asleep most of the time because they just woke up and most of them are heading to work. The first group I observed were a group of people who worked
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Renyangliu Tang Psych-122 Dr. Feren Naturalistic observation My observation locations are Starbucks and restaurant. I chose them as my observation location because those are the places where people normally talk‚ study‚ socialize and interact in a casual manner. Woman & Woman The first pair I observed is woman and woman. It was in the Starbucks‚ two Korean women around 19 years old are standing on the line to buy coffee. Neither of them were talking on the cell phone and the one in the front (woman
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Josh Dickey Intro to kinesiology April 18th‚ 2012 Observation Paper Doing an observation of someone you kind of have this idea in the back of your head of what kind of job he has. I realized that the image you have in your mind really is just what the everyday person sees. While I observed Keith Lytle I figured I would just see the same normal stuff that I see all the time when on the baseball field. I was wrong in so many ways. Keith not only has to break down the swings of the hitters
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