Week 3: Everyone can do something
3. Observing active teaching
3.1. Optional readings
If you are interested in learning more about the tool, you can read the original paper, and Mitchell’s critique.
The original paper: : https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/30929/WPS8656.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Rafael Mitchell’s (2019) critique of the tool, arguing that it does not take account of evidence from classroom in sub-Saharan Africa: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/208234804/Student_organisation_in_SSA_evidence_to_inform_the_World_Bank_s_Teach_observation_instrument_Mitchell_2019_.pdf
This blog explains how it was used in Rwanda, and the importance of training researchers to use the tool so that the findings were consistent across a number of different people:
https://www.ukfiet.org/2020/using-the-teach-classroom-observations-tool-in-rwanda/