Thursday, May 22, 2014

Different Aspects Of Classroom Walkthroughs

Different Aspects Of Classroom Walkthroughs

By Marci Glover


Teacher performance in a class can be evaluated in a couple of ways. Clinical supervision or the practice of the overall classroom observation during teaching or a presentation is some of other ways of assessing the performance of a teacher. There are some problems associated with these approaches in assessing the effectiveness of delivery in a class. Where the professional assessment of delivery of academic materials is questionable, then other channels of assessing the delivery has to be introduced.

classroom walkthroughs help in delivery of academic and related materials. This is very important especially where the teacher is always in direct contact with the students. In addition to the simple delivery approaches, professional development is added to other concepts. Strong indicators of general performance are critical in fusing the two approaches. A special platform of initiating dialog has to be integrated in the learning process. The dialog platform increases the active participation by the learners. Delivery systems are boosted as a process. This means that the assimilation of information is also boosted.

There are many benefits of blending the learning process with better information delivery systems. This is done through a step-wise approach of instructional leadership. The entire process is divided into smaller bits and phases. At each phase, certain instructions are issued. The learners then progress to the next level after achieving satisfactory results. The implementation process is underlined by more active involvement of both the supervisors and the students.

A group of learners can be actively involved in the learning process by helping the teachers and the supervisors to identify some of the problems that they face. Identification of problems is the first stage in tackling a problem. A plan is then drafted by involving the students and the supervisor. Collective approach is very crucial for improvement of learning.

The walkthrough model is broken down into a number of smaller segments. Each of the segments deals with a certain problem that was highlighted by the learners. Most of problems are tackled in the active session as the process of learning is ongoing. The class may be divided into a couple of smaller groups which handle the separate problems at the same time. Asking of relevant questions is also another approach of handling the current problems at hand.

A learning walk furthers the use of a classroom walkthrough. The approach works on increasing on the ability of the students to handle more. This is worked by the process of increasing their concentration span. Instructions are issued at each stage of the walk. In most cases, as the learning abilities increases, more instructions are issued to increase the ability to handle more content.

Active involvement between the learners and their supervisors gives a chance of interaction. In the process, the students are able to learn from others. The process also gives the learners a chance of socializing and airing their views. As a result, learners are able to make new friends and expand their social circles.

A number of learning tools can be integrated with the learning walk. As the technology is churning out more handheld devices, the learning environment can be boosted by incorporating these devices. Learning and the overall dissemination of information is boosted in the process.




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