School of Education SP Observation sheet.
Student Teacher name: Maja Nowicka Date of Observation: 05/11/2020
No. of Observation: 1/10 Subject (Practical or Theory): 6th Year Art Theory
Class Profile & Details: 6th year mixed ability, 16 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 and asked them to take out their notes
The teacher then took the roll
The teacher introduced the new section that the students will be covering - impressionism
· What personal characteristics did the teacher display?
Teacher has great relationships with students
Positivity
Confidence
Organised and clean
Control
Classroom management
· What were the classroom policies? (Consider seating arrangements, bathroom breaks, roll calls)
Assigned seats
roll call first thing
students can ask teacher for permission to use the toilet
students were asked to face the bored and focus on the content
· Consider how interest was gained, rules and routines established, how was student’s attention ascertained?
conversation after roll call - small recap from previous class
projecting voice
telling students to pay attention, stay quiet, calling the students name
· How did the teacher maintain appropriate classroom behaviour?
questioning students - getting them to interact with the slides, gave students no time to miss behave
· How did teachers deal with indiscipline or disruptions during the class?
there were no major discipline issues in this lesson, but she called the students name out when someone was talking or looked distracted
Presentation of learning content
· How did the teacher introduce the lesson?
recap from last week
powerpoint was presented - more image based so students had to pay attention
class discussion - cognitive link up
· What teaching methods did the teacher employ?
Think , share
Questioning
· How many different teaching episodes/activities /tasks were in the class?
teacher going through ppt
students asking questions
answering questions based on slide
interaction with a video
· How was the class concluded?
the class was concluded when the teacher announced class is over
teacher thanked the students
students were already packed
· What resources were used during the class?
powerpoint - image based
Students as resource // questioning
youtube video about impressionism and Monet's painting
Effectiveness of planning
· Was numeracy and/or literacy evident in the learning content?
literacy and oracy were present in class
numeracy was present in keeping a timeline of the European art history section
· What art element/ design principle was focused on?
strong focus on colour and composition
· Was there evidence of Learning Layers in the lesson?·
history - what was happening in France at the time and society
· How was the learning achieved in the class?
students were able to identify the key feature
answering questions and discussions
· What method of assessment did the teacher utilise to assess the pupil’s learning?
none was used in the class - only introduction to impressionism
· Were there any cross-curricular links in the content delivered?
Not completely clear
· Did the teacher use differentiation in the delivery of content and tasks assigned?
when a student was struggling/ confused the teacher went further into that topic- she broke down the topic and simplified it - explaining it to the student
Assessment and evaluation of pupils work in class
· What success criteria was utilised to assess the pupil’s learning
questioning
discussion - use of descriptive language
do the students understand the introduction to impressionism
do the students know the different artists they will cover
Any additional comments on what you learned from the observation class?
I think it's a great idea to use a classroom for art history - I feel if the students stayed in the art room they would be very giddy, as a classroom has a more serious atmosphere. The technology failing also made me very aware that everything has to be tested before class and to definitely have a back up plan so you can continue with a task rather than wasting class time.
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