Ways to understand your classroom

Watch watch:　 observe yourself and make notes

　observe your students

　record yourself / record your students

observe yourself and make short notes

make notes about your class

Lesson Plans (before class)

Comments (in class)

Reflections (after class)

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observe your students

observe some students only …

… or observe the whole class

make notes about your class and students

Lesson Plans / Tasks Notes about the Class Notes about Student 1 Notes about Student 2

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make audio or visual recordings

take pictures of your white board

take pictures of your white board

take pictures of your class

take pictures of your class activities

keep a teaching portfolio

Ways to understand your classroom

Reflect reflect: 　reflect about your lesson plans

　reflect about your class – unstructured and structured

　keep a teaching journal

reflect about your lesson plans

Lesson Plans (before class)

Comments (in class)

Reflections (after class)

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reflect about your class –unstructured reflection

Note: Just write generally about how your feel the class went, and note any ideas that you have. You could look at your class notes as you do this.

Example: Today’s class went well. I was feeling relaxed, and fully prepared. All of the students had done their homework, so we could start the speaking activity immediately …..

reflect about your class –structured reflection

Note: You could write your answers to a list of questions.

Example questions:

What went well in the class today?

What didn’t go well?

What will I do differently next time?

What did I learn about my students?

What did I learn about my teaching?

reflect about your class –structured reflection

keep a reflective journal