Week 1 Assignment: Video Analysis
Week 1 Assignment: Video Analysis
Observe a teacher’s ability to engage students in the learning process by selecting one of the 3 videos provided below. View the video at least three or four times and provide examples of those Key Behaviors you observed during the teacher’s instruction.
Use the following Key Behaviors below as a guide. You may submit a written narrative, digital analysis or screencast for this assessment.
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Key Behavior 1: Lesson Clarity
- make ideas clear to learners who may be at different levels
- explain concepts in ways that help students follow along in a logical order
- have an oral delivery that is direct, audible to all students and free of distracting mannerisms
- informs learners of the lesson objectives
- knows ability levels and teaches at or slightly above learners’ current level of understanding
- provides review of summary at the end of each lesson
Key Behavior 2: Instructional Variety
- uses attention gaining devices (questions, visual, example)
- shows enthusiasm and animation through variation in eye contact, voice and gestures
- varies modes of presentation
- uses a mix of rewards and reinforcers
- incorporates student ideas or participation in some aspects of instruction
- varies types of questions
Key Behavior 3: Teacher Task Orientation
- develops unit and lesson plans that reflect the most relevant features of the curriculum guide or adopted text
- handles administrative and clerical interruptions efficiently
- stops or prevents misbehavior with a minimum of class disruption
- selects the most appropriate instructional model for the objectives being taught
- builds to unit outcomes with clearly definable events
Key Behavior 4: Promote Engagement in the Learning Process
- set rules that let pupils attend to their personal needs without obtaining your permission each time
- move around the room to monitor pupils’ seatwork
- ensure that independent assignments are interesting, worthwhile, and easy enough to be completed by each pupil
- minimize time-consuming activities, such as giving directions and organizing the class by writing the daily schedule on the board
- make abundant use of resources and activities that are at or slightly above a student’s current level of understanding
- avoid timing errors
Key Behavior 5: Encourage a High Student Success Rate
- establish unit and lesson content that reflects prior learning
- administers correctives immediately after the initial response
- divides instructional stimuli into small chunks
- plans transitions to new material in easy to grasp steps
- varies the pace at which stimuli are presented and continually builds toward a climax or key event
Assignment Resources:
- Teaching English with Socratic Questioning Techniques (Links to an external site.)
- Strategies for Student-Centered Discussion (Links to an external site.)
- Challenge at the Heart of Deeper Learning
