Agnosticism in Instructional Observation Systems

Autor/in	Kelly, Sean
Titel	Agnosticism in Instructional Observation Systems
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 31 (2023) 7, (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Educational Practices; School Effectiveness; Teacher Effectiveness; Observation; Compensatory Education; Locus of Control; Educational Policy; Educational Assessment; Classroom Observation Techniques; Accountability; Educational Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungspraxis; Schuleffizienz; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Beobachtung; Kompensatorischer Unterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Verantwortung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	Many instructional observation systems are designed to provide rough, qualitative, highly-evaluative assessments on numerous core dimensions of teaching. Such systems achieve comprehensive overviews of teaching but are poorly suited to answering many discovery-oriented research questions. In contrast, fine-grained agnostic systems are needed to pose and answer causal questions about instruction, and to fully understand instructional variation and change. More speculatively, I argue that the agnostic quality of fine-grained systems may also be useful in promoting teacher learning. Agnostic systems offer choice, withhold judgement, make room for locally-compensatory practices, and promote a greater locus of control. Instructional observation systems that carefully and agnostically quantify instructional processes may best help teachers leverage their professional judgment and invigorate their professional practice. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01