Conceptualising classroom observations for a project on higher education English studies in non-Anglophone contexts

Gupta, Suman (2010). Conceptualising classroom observations for a project on higher education English studies in non-Anglophone contexts. American, British and Canadian Studies, 14 pp. 151–167.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the conceptual considerations that underpin classroom teaching observations within the research methodology for a project on Higher Education English Studies in ordinarily non-Anglophone contexts. The parameters of the broad project are outlined, and the methodological purpose served by classroom teaching observations therein explained. A survey of the various strands of existing classroom research follows, highlighting the relevant aspects of each for this project. A section briefly considers what sort of initial conceptual understanding of the classroom is suitable, and three frameworks – exploiting notions of spatiality, culture and performance – are recommended. How observer-interference in the classroom may be negotiated is briefly considered in the final section.

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