Tag Archives: Observation

What really improves teacher quality?

Posted on 14/05/2014 by evidenceintopractice

In an interesting article for the Fabian Society, Andrew Old discusses the problems inherent in the desire to raise the quality of teaching. “‘Focusing on teacher quality’ … sounds agreeable, but much of the detail will be impossibly difficult to … Continue reading →

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Improving classroom observation

Posted on 21/01/2014 by evidenceintopractice

Interesting blog article by Prof. Robert Coe on the difficulty in providing valid, reliable and useful feedback from lesson observations. Classroom observation: it’s harder than you think “The reported reliabilities of observation instruments used in the MET study range from … Continue reading →

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