Observational Research in U.S. Classrooms
New Approaches for Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Published on 26. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
298 pages
978-0-521-89142-4 (ISBN)
Description
The present national reform agendas stress that rigorous content and high expectations be accessible to all students, including students from groups whose achievement has traditionally lagged behind that of the majority culture students. Improving the achievement in US schools, important for both social and economic stability, will require that instruction be responsive to our nation's increasingly diverse student population. This book includes theoretical frameworks as well as substantive research findings and provides examples of recently developed classroom observation instruments based on research of effective teaching practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Each chapter represents a new aspect of classroom observation research that will assist educators in their endeavors to improve US schools.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
24 Tables, unspecified; 10 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-89142-4 (9780521891424)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1. Introduction: purposes and perspectives on classroom observation research; 2. Using multiple perspectives in observations of diverse classrooms: the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP); 3. The standards performance continuum: a performance-based measure of the standards for effective pedagogy; 4. The uses of the classroom observation schedule to improve classroom instruction; 5. Development and use of a classroom observation instrument to investigate teaching for meaning in diverse classrooms; 6. Patterns of language arts instructional activity and excellence in first and fourth grade culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms; 7. Using classroom observation as a research and formative evaluation tool in educational reform: the school observation measure; 8. Observing school restructuring in multilingual, multicultural classrooms: balancing ethnographic and evaluative approaches; 9. Socio-cultural activity settings in the classroom: a study of a classroom observation system; 10. The influence of school reform on classroom instruction in diverse schools: findings from an observational study of Success for All; 11. Future directions for classroom observation research.