An interactive classroom teaching



Recently, I got an opportunity to observe the classroom teaching of a teacher who was supposed to teach in a classroom while going through the assessment process for admission in a teacher education programme at London. As a mentor, I carried out the first observation of a series of three classroom observations. Pre and post observation conferences were conducted to discuss about the aspects of classroom teaching.
The teacher started her lesson with brain storming activity eliciting students’ responses on the topic to explore their prior learning. Then the teacher briefly explained the topic with the help a chart. After that a group activity was conducted by the teacher in which a reading pack was given to students to read and discuss in groups. The teacher went to each group to support the students. Soon after the group work, students were given with an opportunity to present their group work in front of the whole class. After each presentation, students asked questions from the presenters followed by teacher’s feedback. On completion of all presentations, teacher asked some questions to assess the students’ learning overall. An interesting and relevant home work was assigned to students. 
The improved areas of the classroom teaching were; interlinked learning activities, organized group work, opportunities for students to share their new learning, students’ engagement in group work and teacher’s way of brief explanations of concepts. However, some areas were needed improvement such as positive reinforcement through encouraging words, gender biasness in providing opportunities for students to share their new learning, use of whiteboard during teaching and teacher’s questioning skills.



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