"COGs" in the Pedagogical Wheel: Competing Notions of "Good Teaching" Encoded in Classroom Observations Guidelines

• In Event: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing In-Service Teachers

Abstract

Classroom observation guidelines (COGs) articulate how in-class teaching practices are evaluated. Based on a corpus of seventeen COGs from writing programs that have been awarded the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Certificate of Excellence, the author examines competing notions of “good teaching” encoded in rubrics, checklists, questionnaires, and related documents.

Author

• Zack Kramer De Piero, Penn State Abington