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I will explain that the information gathered will be used for learning purposes
only, and will be shared in-class with the course instructor.
I understand that my mentor teacher has the right to contact the course
instructor
should s/he have any concerns about any of the above items.
Your name__________________________________
School Name:
School Division:
What grades?
b) What one thing do they wish they would have learned in university before they started
teaching?
c) Describe what you have learned from speaking with the teacher about these issues
(e.g., were you surprised by the answers, or were you expecting these responses?).
Part IV: Practice your observation skills the two minute observation
Choose one class from your first visit to the school, and write a wholistic description of a
two minute observation of all that is happening in the class. Practice your observational
skills (back to the wall, scanning) and focus on what you perceive to be the critical
component of the class and as a visitor = describe in detail all that you observe during
those two minutes. Be mindful about all that is happening that relates to what you are
learning in class.
For example, what activities were taught? How did the teacher organize the activity?
From your understanding of observation strategies, which is the teacher doing? What
types of verbal feedback was provided to students? Was there a critical component that
the teacher emphasized? Were the students on task and engaged in active learning? The
final product of this description should give the reader a feeling of what it was like to be
in the gym for this short period of time. Be sure to include a description of the grade and
number of students in the class. An excellent description will provide a rich picture of
what it looks and feels like to be in that gym at that time (see pg. 175, Observing Student
Responses), and will include terms that we have talked about in class.
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