Control over what is viewed in the video is placed in the hands of
the videotaped teacher.
The MET project will enroll 3,700 teachers from a number of school districts around the country and will gather a variety of data, including
videotaped teacher observations, student surveys, teacher surveys, and supplemental student assessments.
Like Rubie - Davies, Pianta
videotapes his teachers to help make them aware of the little winces, shrugs and frowns through which they subconsciously speak volumes.
The LIS who attended the sessions encouraged principals to
videotape their teachers and to work with them to analyze their talk.
For Marcus Robinson, the CEO of EdPower,
videotaping teachers started out as just a way to solve a nagging student - teacher classroom conflict.
The video studies of teachers» performances become almost «performative» in nature, and were extended by then
videotaping the teachers» and pupils» reaction and analysis of those very recordings — in conversation with the artist, a truly self - reflexive recontextualised system — now placed in the context of a fascinating historical document of a temporal, sociological, and cultural location.
Jeez, sometimes it seems to me that as soon as some «school reformers» hear about a good idea, they want to take it, manipulate it to their own ends, and crush the life out of it (see Gates Foundation Minimizing Great Tools For Helping Teachers Improve Their Craft and
Videotaping teachers the right way (not the Gates way)-RRB-.
Not exact matches
These introductory, non-credit courses typically consist of
videotapes lectures in live classrooms, led by Yale
teachers and scholars.
In the 1990s, a researcher named James Stigler coordinated a vast international project that involved
videotaping the classrooms of hundreds of randomly selected eighth - grade math
teachers in the United States, Germany, and Japan.
That study, from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, the Oregon Research Institute and the University of Oregon, used personality ratings from elementary school
teachers in an ethnically diverse group of children in Hawaii back in the 1960s, comparing those personality ratings to
videotaped interviews of 144 of those people 40 years later.
She provided classroom instruction in the power of high expectations and the methods of high - expectations
teachers, while also
videotaping instructors while they interacted with students to show them their demeanor while they taught.
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Opening in October: There are multiple horrors to be found in «V / H / S» (Oct. 5), about a group of thieves who must view a series of terrifying
videotapes; Anna Kendrick joins a college glee club in «Pitch Perfect,» by «Avenue Q» director Jason Moore; Kevin James is a biology
teacher - turned - MMA cage fighter in the comedy «Here Comes the Boom» (Oct. 12); Tyler Perry takes on the James Patterson character «Alex Cross» (Oct. 19), a detective who hunts a serial killer; «Paranormal Activity 4,» the rare horror series that has improved with each sequel, will make some more money.
The tendency is to focus on what the
teachers are teaching and their techniques, but when we
videotaped classes, we saw a dynamic learning environment in which students were constantly sharing.
The Project will provide follow - up support to the
teachers who complete the course through the use of
videotaping and school - based inquiry groups.
A recent study compared the
videotaped teaching styles of 81 eighth - grade math
teachers in the U.S. with those of
teachers in Germany and Japan.
His
teacher had
videotaped him at the beginning of 5th grade and at the midway point.
Middle school math
teachers met 10 times (40 minutes each) in a yearlong series to watch and discuss
videotapes of their classrooms.
In addition, for the state's second, more advanced level of licensure, evaluation teams of two or three state - trained professionals review portfolios and
videotaped lessons submitted by
teachers.
The Best Foot Forward project, run by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, is currently studying the impact of having
teachers videotape their own lessons and upload them for their own development and for evaluation.
Both peer evaluators (experienced classroom
teachers who serve as full - time evaluators for three years) and administrators must complete an intensive training course and accurately score
videotaped teaching examples according to a specific rubric.
It would even help to
videotape a class or two so that the
teacher can have an opportunity to watch his classroom.»
Students struggling to keep up are taken out of class to review a
videotaped lesson with a
teacher to ensure they don't get far behind.
Thus the portfolio includes
videotapes of the
teacher working with students across a range of lessons, lesson plans, student work samples with
teacher feedback, and the
teachers» continuing reflections on why they are doing what they do.
Teachers are
videotaped only four times a year, not every day.
The researchers will examine whether
videotaped portfolios of
teachers» work can in fact be used to measure...
Finally,
videotaping has created a new and more convenient way for
teachers to observe other
teachers — or themselves.
«Although administrators often think
teachers won't want to be
videotaped, we found that most
teachers are very receptive to the idea, as long as they are in control of the footage,» said the study's director, Miriam Greenberg.
Their biggest bone of contention is the fact that the
videotaped lessons delivered by
teacher candidates to their students are contracted out to be scored by Pearson, Inc..
The application includes a
videotaped lesson and written responses to questions about the
teacher's instructional practice.
Some U.S.
teachers went to Japan to
videotape lessons, because Japanese students consistently score well on TIMMS» exams.
Through four tasks — written responses to prompts and one
videotaped lesson — new
teachers are expected to connect state standards to effective teaching practices.
In the program,
teachers will learn to score
videotapes of instruction using the MQI framework first by completing online training and then through participating in a series of groups meetings with others at their school.
Video has assumed an increasingly prominent role in
teacher education, particularly in the form of the viewing of
videotaped class lessons by preservice
teachers.
English
teacher Johanna Paraiso of Fremont High School in Oakland demonstrates how
videotaping her students» class presentations allows for thorough evaluation of all aspects of learning - and teaching.
Teachers should regularly
videotape activities in their classrooms and score one another's students (to increase objectivity and accuracy) on things like individual students» level of interest, the number of exploratory gestures students use when encountering materials or objects, and the duration of each student's engagement with one activity.
Over the span of three years, dozens of education experts and researchers, 3,000
teacher volunteers in six urban districts, 20,000
videotaped lessons, student surveys, and student performance on state and supplemental higher - order thinking skills tests, have given us a much better understanding of what great teaching looks like.
The plan shall describe the methods that the school districts or BOCES shall employ to assess
teachers» performance, which may include but is not limited to the following: classroom observation,
videotape assessment, self review, peer review and portfolio review.
One concern was that
teachers would resist being filmed, but in fact,
teachers who selected to
videotape themselves found the process fairer and more useful overall.
«The Measures of Effective Teaching project will examine the work of 3,700
teachers from across the country, using
videotapes, surveys, and student assessments to figure out what works and what doesn't.»
Gates Puts the Focus on Teaching New York Times, May 22, 2012 «So, with the help of Thomas Kane, an education professor at Harvard, the Gates Foundation began
videotaping some 3,000
teachers across the country.
Teacher leaders eventually began videotaping their practice and sharing it within the teacher leader com
Teacher leaders eventually began
videotaping their practice and sharing it within the
teacher leader com
teacher leader community.
Although the final MET report will include several additional «competitors» (including scoring of live and
videotaped classroom instruction), this initial report compares only two: value - added scores and the surveys of students» perception of
teachers» skills and performance — not the strongest basis to call something «among the best.»
Videotaped discussion among a participating preservice
teacher, the NWP
teacher consultant, and the course instructor; written and graphic work by this preservice
teacher; and video and Internet information about Complex Instruction and the NWP are linked to this online article.
Using a variety of assessments,
videotapes of classroom instruction, and surveys (student surveys are featured in the preliminary report), the project is attempting to address some of the heretofore under - addressed issues in the measurement of
teacher quality (especially non-random classroom assignment and how different classroom practices lead to different outcomes, neither of which are part of this preliminary report).
Researchers David Blazar (Doctoral Candidate at Harvard), Erica Litke (Assistant Professor at University of Delaware), and Johanna Barmore (Doctoral Candidate at Harvard) examined (1) the comparability of
teachers» value - added estimates within and across four urban districts and (2), given the extent to which variations observed, how and whether said value - added estimates consistently captured differences in
teachers» observed,
videotaped, and scored classroom practices.
«It would be hard to justify ratings by outsiders watching
videotapes at a remote location who never visited the classroom and couldn't see for themselves a
teacher's interaction and relationship with students.»
The analyzed data included the individual screencast proofs, student notes,
videotape of the class discussion, and
teacher notes.
Called the Rural Math Innovation Network, it allows innovation - minded
teachers to create, test,
videotape, and share lessons that focus on strategies that develop student self - efficacy and growth mindset.
At Highland, several
teachers videotaped their reading lessons.