2nd Year Home Economics - 16/11/20

School of Education SP Observation sheet.

Student Teacher name: Maja Nowicka Date of Observation: 16/11/2020

No. of Observation: 4/10 Subject (Practical or Theory): 2nd Year Home economics Practical

Class Profile & Details: 2nd year mixed ability, 13 students, all girls

Duration of Lesson: 58 min

Professional teaching skills and ability

· What strategies did the teacher use to instruct learners during the class?

• The teacher greeted the students

• The teacher then took the roll

• Didactic teaching approach - instructions of continuing classroom based assessment embroidery project

· What personal characteristics did the teacher display?

• Teacher has great relationships with students

• Confidence

• Organised

• Control

• clean approach

• helpful

• Strict

Classroom management

· What were the classroom policies? (Consider seating arrangements, bathroom breaks, roll calls)

• Assigned seats

• roll call first thing

• students have to ask permission to use the toilet

• students desk facing wall

• health and safety in relation to embroidery

· Consider how interest was gained, rules and routines established, how was student’s attention ascertained?

• conversation after roll call - how many classes are left in the cba to get the embroidery finished

• checking the work done so far - answering students questions in relation to their work

• projecting voice

• telling students to pay attention, calling the students name

• showing examples from other years

· How did the teacher maintain appropriate classroom behaviour?

• students were too engaged in the task - no behaviour problems

• one corner (4 girls) were talking away however the teacher didn't mind as the work was evident

· How did teachers deal with indiscipline or disruptions during the class?

• none, there were no behaviour problems

• when the class was loud she put her hand up and the students were quiet when they saw the hand being up

Presentation of learning content

· How did the teacher introduce the lesson?

• informing the class what they are doing today

• reminding what they will do for the rest of the week - writing it down in journal

• the students were ready with their work before the teacher came in

· What teaching methods did the teacher employ?

• one on one with the students

• questioning

• evaluation - presentation of work

· How many different teaching episodes/activities /tasks were in the class?

• one on one with students

• students activities - embroidering away at their own pace

• evaluation

· How was the class concluded?

• selected students went up to show and talk about their work

• 5 min before end of class students were asked to clean up their area - throwing away scraps of fabric or thread

• packing up their stuff and being dismissed by the teacher

· What resources were used during the class?

• visual aids

• old students work

Effectiveness of planning

· Was numeracy and/or literacy evident in the learning content?

• numeracy and oracy were present in class

• measuring of thread - 3 times arm length

• oracy - discussion and talking about work

· What art element/ design principle was focused on?

• shape, colour, line

· Was there evidence of Learning Layers in the lesson?·

• recycling and sustainable fashion

· How was the learning achieved in the class?

• students were able to show a number of different stitches

• students were able to do a step by step of different stitches - explain to a friend

· What method of assessment did the teacher utilise to assess the pupil’s learning?

• through students presentation

• evaluated from the one on one to see how far they are since the last class

· Were there any cross-curricular links in the content delivered?

• art

· Did the teacher use differentiation in the delivery of content and tasks assigned?

• No clear differentiation however this was mid project and each student is working at their own pace

Assessment and evaluation of pupils work in class

· What success criteria was utilised to assess the pupil’s learning

• questioning

• discussion - presentation took place at the end

Any additional comments on what you learned from the observation class?

I need to be slightly more strict, This way I will get more work done in a single class. This also shows that the students wouldn't be messing in the class, it is clear that the students know that teachers' class rules and they follow those rules.