Harry Potter had a “revealing charm” that forced invisible things to reveal themselves. Imagine a revealing charm to help teachers see themselves as their students see them.
Graham Nuthall famously listened in to teachers for many years and his book The Hidden Lives of Learners documents that most of what happens in a classroom is not seen or heard by the teacher. Given this, a revealing charm would be a particularly powerful tool.
So, how can we help teachers to see themselves through the eyes of students – how can we help teachers to see their impact?
The two most common answers is to video the teacher, or have some expert sit in the class and observe and code. The problem of the first is the time to then review, the cost of video, and that it often happens some time after the teaching such that any chance of remediation or enhancement is lost.
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