1. Familiarize yourself with your topic:
Some have descriptions of an effective teacher. I will also observe one of the "popular" teachers in a school and see how he teacher and interacts with his students.
2. Identify a research question:
What makes and effective teacher?
How does a teacher interact with his / her students to make an effective teacher?
3. Decide what you need in order to answer your research question
- I need to know how the classroom runs
- What to look for in effective teaching based on the article
- how students write
- Eye contact- where is it
- How often does he change activities
- technology?
- How does the teacher move about the room
- makes jokes?
- Are the kids on task with the teacher
- How are the student interacting with the teacher
4. Formulate a research plan:
Statement of purpose: I want to know what makes an effective teacher.
Detailed statement of your research question: I do a literature review on what makes an effective then compare the article to observe a classroom using ethnography and Discourse analysis.
List of the information you need to gather: see #3
A list of sources: the teacher, journal article on an effective teacher
Plan for gathering your information that includes
- who/what you will be studying:
- where you will collect your information:
- how many subjects you will study - the teacher and indirectly- the students
- what methods you will use to conduct your study: ethnography, Discourse analysis and literature review
Topic sounds great. This will def. be a useful tool for when you are a teacher!
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