2. What is Good Teaching
– Review questions in SRU handbook, make it very clear
the sort of teaching that reviewers are looking for (
these will be considered in detail after the break in
today’s session)
–في األسئلة مراجعةSRUفي المراجعون عنه يبحث ما وترتيب
التدريس.
– A style of teaching for learning based upon a series of
pedagogic expectations and a learner-centric
methodology ( which has been fashionable in the
western world of education for past 50 years)
–أسلوبالتر التوقعات من سلسلة على القائم للتعلم التدريسبوية
المتعلم على تركز التي والمنهجية.
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3. Video clips from TTV
Discuss :
–Relevance العالقة
–Usefulnessالفائدة
–“tips for teachers” للمعلمين نصائح
–Dealing with difficult students
–المشاكسين الطلبة مع التعامل
–Note school / classroom organization
–والصفوف المدرسة تنظيم مالحظة.
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5. The Evidence Forms
Take a look at the different evidence forms
Reviewers need to write evaluative comments
ت لكتابة يحتاجونها التي المراجعين أدلة من مختلفة نماذج إلى النظرقييماتهم.
The “training” EF from the SRU is useful since it has the
prompts on the left of the sheet; these prompts highlight
what a reviewer is required to evaluate in each section
فيEFمنSRUتسلط متطلبات هناكمطلوب هو ما على الضوءللمراجعلتقييم
جزء كل.
Compare the SRU lesson EF with the OFSTED EF from the UK
من درس مقارنةsruنموذج معألوفستدمنuk
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6. SRU Framework Questions
• Do teachers have good knowledge about the subjects
and courses they teach and how to teach them?
معرفة المعلمون لدى هلجيدةالتي والمقررات بالموضوعاتيدرسونها
تعليمها؟ وكيفية
• Do the teachers enable students to acquire skills and
understanding, as well as knowledge?
المعلمين هلالطالب يمكنون،والفهم المهارات اكتساب منالمعرف كماة؟
• Do teachers enable students to develop higher order
thinking skills?
•العليا؟ التفكير مهارات تطوير من طلبتهم المعلمون يمكن هل
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7. SRU Framework Questions
• Do teachers manage lessons effectively so that they are
orderly and productive?
ومن منظمة تكون بحيث بفاعلية دروسهم المعلمون يدير هلتجة؟
• Do teachers ensure students’ engagement, motivating,
encouraging and supporting them?
مشاركة المعلمون يضمن هلالطالبودعمهم وتشجيعهم ودافعيتهم؟
• Do teachers challenge students of all abilities so that
they make at least the progress expected of them?
•منه متوقع هو ما يقدمون بحيث الطلبة قدرات المعلمون يتحدى هلم
األقل؟ على
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8. SRU Framework Questions
• Do teachers use teaching and learning methods and the
resources which lead to effective learning appropriately?
يستخدم هلإلى تؤدي التي والموارد والتعلم التدريس أساليب المعلمونتعلمالّعف
مناسب؟ بشكل
• Do the tasks set for students to be undertaken out of lesson
time consolidate and extend work done in class?
المهام هلللطالب المحددةوقت خارج إلجرائهاالدرسوتوسع توطدالعمل
الصف؟ في المنجز
• Do teachers use assessment, including marking, effectively
to diagnose students’ needs and adjust their teaching
accordingly?
•يستخدم هلذلك في بما ،التقييم المعلمونف بشكل الدرجاتالّع
لذلك؟ وفقا التدريس وتعديل الطلبة احتياجات لتشخيص
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9. Helping Colleagues Prepare for Review
– Familiarisation workshops with SRU framework
–المدارس أداء مراجعة وحدة اطار مع العمل بورش االلمام.
– Joint lesson observation
–المشتركة الدروس مالحظات
– Analysing previous review reports for your school
and other schools
–األخرى والمدارس لمدرستك السابقة المراجعات تحليل
– What makes the teaching outstanding in an
“Outstanding” school
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Editor's Notes
Recap of Session 4 and introduction to Session 5
View clip from Teachers TV ( about 20 minutes); discuss the features of lesson observation; colleagues to share their own experiences of being observed and the quality of the feedback which they did or didn’t receive.
Again discuss the relevancy of these model lesson/videos from the UK. Note that students’ and teachers’ behaviour is very different from that seen in many government schools in the Gulf.
Do teachers have good knowledge about the subjects and courses they teach and how to teach them?
This criterion is concerned with more than simply the teachers’ academic qualifications. Reviewers will judge how well teachers are able to use the knowledge they have to promote good learning among the students. In lessons, good subject and course knowledge is seen in clear explanations, knowledgeable responses to students’ questions, an ability to offer different examples to illustrate points or different ways of tackling problems, and the capacity to extend students in the subject. Good subject knowledge is often seen in the enthusiasm that teachers show in their teaching.
Do the teachers enable students to acquire skills and understanding, as well as knowledge?
Analysis of lesson planning will give reviewers insight into the extent to which teachers attempt to do more than transmit facts. Observation of lessons will give even greater insight. Do teachers set problems? Do they encourage discussion? Do they challenge students to frame hypotheses? Are students learning how to learn?
Do teachers enable students to develop higher order thinking skills?
This is an important skill and schools should seek to foster it. Does the school provide enough opportunities through teaching the curriculum to allow the students to think critically, justify their views and develop reasoning? How do students respond – do they wait until answers are provided or do they seek answers themselves? Do they ask questions, do they reach solutions, and do they think creatively?
Do teachers manage lessons effectively so that they are orderly and productive?
Lessons should not only be well-ordered and calm, but also purposeful and productive, so that they achieve their objectives. The learning and teaching in schools should be well-organised with well-established daily routines in classrooms and elsewhere. Lessons should be based on clear, confident instruction and activities that are worthwhile. There should be no need for teachers to spend a high proportion of their time disciplining students. Where there is any tendency for students to misbehave, incidents should be handled firmly but calmly so that students’ energies are re-focused on the tasks in hand.
Part of the management of lessons involves effective use of time. Reviewers will note whether lessons start promptly and in a stimulating way, whether activities are organized efficiently so that tasks are not unnecessarily drawn out, whether productive use is made of all the time available, and whether lessons are effectively rounded off.
Do teachers ensure students’ engagement, motivating, encouraging and supporting them?
Teachers’ success in engaging students will be seen in their attentiveness and how well they are involved with activities, tackle problems and respond in question and answer sessions. Reviewers will be alert to situations where students are left to get on with their work using ICT or other resources without the judicious interventions of teachers to support, check, encourage and challenge.
Do teachers challenge students of all abilities so that they make at least the progress expected of them?
Effective teaching and learning extends students intellectually, creatively and physically. Clues to whether challenge is sufficient are seen in the effort which students have to put into their work to complete it. When work is insufficiently challenging, students quickly and easily complete it and become bored. This can arise from mundane or routine tasks. Reviewers will expect to see targeted questioning and intervention by teachers and tasks that provide challenge.
Do teachers use teaching and learning methods and the resources which lead to effective learning appropriately?
Effective methods will motivate students and promote sound gains in knowledge, understanding and skills. Teachers use an appropriate range of different teaching styles that they choose for the appropriate purposes. Although the school may have adopted a ‘prescribed’ curriculum, teachers should be seeking ways to teach their subjects that make the subject material accessible. Are teachers constrained in their approaches or do they use different approaches to present, explain and consolidate course content?
Not all students learn in the same way. It is therefore important to provide a variety of grouping and teaching strategies. Often, whole-class teaching is not the most effective approach; working in pairs or small groups can be more effective. For young children it is much more effective and developmentally appropriate. Learning to work in teams and to acknowledge others’ point of view, moreover, is valuable personal development. Analysis of schemes of work and lesson plans will show whether teachers are aware of these issues, and lesson observation will show whether a variety of activities is offered, and what its impact on learning is.
Do the tasks set for students to be undertaken out of lesson time consolidate and extend work done in class?
The SEF may indicate that the school has a policy for independent study, including homework, and how this is being monitored. Direct evidence will come from examining students’ work, from talking with them and from noting what happens at the end of lessons that are observed. Are the tasks given to students used only to provide practice or are they used also to extend and consolidate work done in lessons? It is quite possible to set good tasks which involve the students’ working from textbooks: the source is not important; it is the quality of what they are asked to do that matters.
Do teachers use assessment, including marking, effectively to diagnose students’ needs and adjust their teaching accordingly?
Clues about the nature of assessment and how it is used come from observations of lessons, scrutiny of students’ work, the school’s policies and discussions with teachers. Do the teachers routinely share the learning objectives of lessons with the class and refer to them subsequently for the purpose of discussing with students what they have learnt? Are teachers constantly assessing what students know, understand and can do and do they adjust their teaching to support students who need help and extend those who could be challenged further? Do they ask diagnostic questions that test understanding? Do they follow up answers to respond to students’ needs? They should also expect to see teachers giving feedback to students during lessons, which helps them to understand how well they have done and what they need to do next to improve the quality of their work.
How helpful is marking? Is it cursory, or does it give students useful insights into how well they are doing and what they can do to improve? Are comments on students’ work followed up? Does the teacher check that unfinished work is subsequently completed?
Discussions with students will give clues about how well assessment is used. Are they given feedback from tests and other assessments? Is testing used to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in learning? Are changes to teaching made as a result of assessments, and do students who need it receive additional support?
General discussion about how best to prepare fellow teaching colleagues for lesson observations. Agree protocols for joint lesson observations of each others’ classes.
Discuss and agree in groups – with a report back plenary – how they would organise arrangements for joint lesson observations in their school. Would they restrict it to observations within subject depts. Or would they be able to arrange things so that there was a whole-school approach – across and between subject sections.
Conclude session – summarise and wrap up