The role of classroom observation during the english teaching practicum

Authors

  • Terezinha Marcondes Diniz Biazi Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste- Unicentro
  • Telma Gimenez Universidade Estadual de Londrina- UEL
  • Lidia Stutz Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste- Unicentro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2011v14n1p57

Keywords:

Classroom observation, English teaching practicum, Teachers’ development

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing the role of classroom observation during the teaching practicum of English language by comparing two situations of classroom observation – one as observer and another as being observed. First, we recollected the experience of a group of teachers of being classroom observers in the late 80’s and beginning of the 90’s, and then we investigated their feelings towards being observed in the current status of teachers. This study was grounded on the teaching development approaches discussed by Wallace (1991), Shön (1991) and Zeichner (2008). Results show that the practicum observation remains traditionally the same since the graduation of the research participants, that is, classroom observation still consists of carrying out methodological evaluations of the teachers’ practices, following the science applied model or technical rationality.

Author Biographies

Terezinha Marcondes Diniz Biazi, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste- Unicentro

 Professora Assistente do Departamento de Letras da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste de Guarapuava(UNICENTRO).Tem experiência na área de Lingüística Aplicada, com ênfase em Formação de Professores em L.E. , Ensino-Aprendizagem de Língua Estrangeira e Gêneros Textuais no Ensino de LE.

Telma Gimenez, Universidade Estadual de Londrina- UEL

Doutorado em Linguistics and Modern English Language pela Lancaster University, Grã-Bretanha(1994). Professor Associado da Universidade Estadual de Londrina , Brasil.

Lidia Stutz, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste- Unicentro

Mestrado em Letras (Inglês e Literatura Correspondente) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil(2005). Professora assistente B do Departamento de Letras da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste , Brasil.

Published

2011-06-15

How to Cite

DINIZ BIAZI, Terezinha Marcondes; GIMENEZ, Telma; STUTZ, Lidia. The role of classroom observation during the english teaching practicum. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 1, p. 57–78, 2011. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2011v14n1p57. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/8644. Acesso em: 23 jul. 2024.