Observation Manuals as Lenses Into Classroom Teaching and Learning: Toward a Common Language When Studying Classroom Instruction?

• In Event: Research on Teaching Quality With Different Conceptual Approaches and Instruments: Taking a Nordic Perspective

Abstract

In this paper, we report from the use of a subject specific coding manual - the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observation (PLATO) - targeted to measure feature of teaching quality in lower secondary classrooms. In the present paper we discuss how observation manuals could serve multiple functions when trying to understand classroom teaching and learning.

Authors

• Kirsti Klette, University of Oslo

• Marte Blikstad-Balas, University of Oslo