Classroom Observation Protocol Guide
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Class observation is a practice used both in initial training and
permanent teaching staff as well as in research on teaching contexts and
learning. It involves systematically and objectively recording what happens in the classroom to
to be able to study it and interpret it later.
The observation of school practices - such as a classroom situation - must
having an intentional, specific, and systematic character, therefore it requires a
preliminary planning that allows us to collect information. Observing means to look at reality
in which we find ourselves, not to judge it, but to try to understand it, analyze it and
to reach some conclusions that contribute to 'learning to teach'.
Therefore, observation allows us to grasp the situations of everyday classroom life.
Integrating the gaze and the listening to understand situated practices.
In order to implement the focus of the gaze and at the same time, leave a record
ordered from the observed aspects, protocols or observation guides are developed. These do not
They intend to prescribe the task, but rather to collaborate in the process of turning experiences into motivation.
of professional learning. Each observer can take some models of guides from
observation, review them and adapt them to your style and to the nuances and particularities of the
educational contexts in which I will use this tool.
Protocols is the term used to refer to the set of norms, rules, and guidelines.
that serve to organize and/or guide an action.
The observation protocol, or observation guide, is the planning tool.
of data generation processes on which the observer relies to "look", without
modify or control the object of study. That is, it allows the observer to anticipate those
aspects to focus on. Answers the question: What aspects of the class
Do I need to observe? (What to observe?), always taking into account the planned objectives.
Registraresconstruir una memoria documentada. Lahoja de registro de observaciones
constitutes an appropriate tool that allows for the collection of information, usable in the
future and more reliable than those provided by personal memory, in the medium or
long term.
Entonces, el protocolo o guía de observación permite anticipar “qué aspectos observar”, por lo
it is developed when planning the observation; the recording sheet is used during the
observation. Both tools are necessary for the subsequent analysis and reflection on the
observed situation. The aspects stated in the protocol become categories of
analysis that allows to organize, relate and interpret the recorded data.
Examples of some aspects that can make up a protocol or observation guide:
a. Description of the classroom:
Dimensions (extent and shape), distribution and functionality. Spaces used (more or
less used), type of furniture (fixed, mobile); classroom educational materials and their use,
distribución, accesibilidad, quién lo ordena, controla; medios audiovisuales e informáticos y
use; classroom library; decoration and setting; etc.
b. Organization, resources, programs, and activities of the classroom.
c. Strategies and resources that the teacher uses in the classroom.
d. Description of the characteristics of the class group
Nivel educativo, número alumnos, diversidad del alumnado.
Groupings: Most used and least used types of groupings. Why?
variations depending on the type of activity; preferences on the part of the students, with what
frequency; etc.
Example of a registration sheet:
Hour Description Interpretation
(what I think, feel, conjecture, I
I ask
10:15 The teacher organizes the children into teams. What type of activities does it promote?
10: 30 what each of the banks occupy. This master? Simultaneous activities and
it happens alongside various activities parallels.
carried out by the children or incidents such as
that a girl loses some leaves.
The teacher is involved in several things at once:
attend to the reading of children in the What significance does reading have in the
blackboard, organizes the reading in teams and blackboard and in teams? It's about
makes observations like "Are those leaves of actividades de aprendizaje simultáneas.
Who are they?
According to what is recorded in this 'registration sheet', we could assume some categories of
observations provided for in the protocol, such as:
a- Teaching strategies proposed by the teacher.
Type of learning activities.
Ways of teacher intervention.
b- Grouping of the students.