Your questions are:

1. What did you observe in the class? Write 5 points which struck in your mind the most. (The video assigned to you for observation)

   
   

2. Which elements from the checklist you could see in the class.

   
   

3. How this class was different from your own classes when you were in school?

   
   

4. Why we asked you to fill the checklist?

   
   

5. How did this checklist helped you?

   
   

6. You just watched another video, how that class is different from the classes you observed? (Video we watched together from victorian era)

1. 5 points that struck me the most:

   • the teacher is very patient and friendly

   • he organised games to help the kids to grasp the concept

   • class norms were clear

   • even the students were aware of the learning objectives

     2. Elements from the checklist - norms, collaborative work, encouragement & teacher facilitation, differential learning, entry ticket,

     3. Our class was a one-way teaching classroom. the students would read/take notes while the teacher just explained. it was not so interactive

     4. to be able to tell whether the class and learning objectives were met (for teacher as well as students)

     5. it gave clarity on what basis to judge

     6. Victorian era video has all the elements of the checklist missing. It is a boring, traditional and bygone way of teaching.

1. The class was really well behaved and engrossed in learning.

   a) The class room was cluttered and teacher and kids had to make space to move.

   b) Teacher was able to get all the kids involved in the lesson

   c) Teacher and kids were interactive for the whole session.

   d) Teacher was motivating the kids even if they were a bit hesitant in responding

   c) Kids were happily conversing with the teacher

2. Facilitation by the teacher and differential learning methods

3. Our classes used to be lecture based and very less interaction or involvement from our side was there except for few classes where our teacher used to interact with us thoughout the class session

4. To assess our observational skills and to introduce us to various aspects of teaching that we will be using

5. It helped me to understand different areas of improvements

6. The class atmosphere is too tensed here and not at all a congenial environment for learning to happen.

1: observe in the class:

1. the class was following the norms

2. class was in order

3. students were engaged end to end

4. different learners were catered

5. the concept was clear and students were able to recall.

2: elements of checklist found were classroom culture and environment, student engagement, class management, feedback.

3: the class was different from my childhood as the concepts were taught in a fun way like story telling, puppet show etc. and it was very engaging and interactive and also they were given time to recall the session.

4: checklist is asked to fill so that we can get detailed pointers and not to miss out anything.

5: checklist helped me understand that what are the pointers to look for in classroom set up and the important areas to look upon and also to know the areas where improvement needs to be made.

6: the Victorian era class wasnt engaging the kids and no clear instructions were given. the kids were punished, confused, compared and felt relieved not being in class. the other class had all the things which kids look forward as learning platform.