Classroom Observation Essay Examples

The first part of my observation time was spent in an 8th grade classroom in the Neosho R-5 school district. During this time I was fortunate enough to see many different groups of students, varying types of activities in and out of the classroom, and a few different styles of teaching. These and other factors made this a very enjoyable and informative experience that I will undoubtedly learn from, and I will be able to utilize this knowledge in my own class. Of the school as a whole, my first impression was that there was a lack of organization in the mornings that tended to make the check-in process a bit of a hassle. When I first arrived, I was instructed by teacher to make my way to a window outside the office area where I was to sign

I tend to lean more towards using a traditional classroom style for upper grade levels because I feel like computers just clutter the room up when they’re not being used, and tend to be distracting for the teacher and students alike. In this room, the desks were set up in six rows of five desks facing a white board and the SMART Board at the front of the room. Although I’m not a huge fan of computers on each students desk, I should mention that I do like to see the utilization of SMART Boards in the class. They offer the convenience of a dry-erase board coupled with the advancements of a computer for the classroom. The way the class was set up is how I would like for my class look. The physical format of the room allowed for the students to easily track and listen to the teacher, but they could also quickly rearrange to work in groups or with partners. I like to be somewhat animated when I teach/speak, so the open floor space at the front of the class was another thing that I plan on incorporating in my own

In these classes, there was a vast predomination of caucasian students. There were a few hispanic students along with some from the Pacific Islands, but they accounted for no more than a meager – and estimated – 5 to 10% of the entire group. Additionally, the socioeconomic status of the students appeared to average out somewhere in the range of the middle class. Some may have been upper-middle to lower-upper class, or possibly lower-middle to upper-lower class, but, based on appearances and my interaction with the students, I would be willing to speculate that the majority of the students belong to this average. With this information in mind, it is reasonable and understandable for a teacher to gear their lessons towards these averages. That being said, I also don’t believe the students who fall outside of that average should be neglected by the lesson format or teaching style by any