Direct observation of student teacher relationship
Introduction
Observational technique is an important aspect of research studies, weather it has been taken from outsider or participants. In our life we all are well practised in the art of observation. We all observed human behaviour in our personal life, professional life. We reach to conclusion on the basis of our observation, to generate explanation & understandings even some times we come up with some predictions so it becomes important to exploit our innate common sense that are beneficial to us. In research we need to eliminate our subjectivity and personal preference. We need to be aware of and try to supress biasness. Our observation should be systemic and procedure should be open so that public
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Direct observation is used when the other data collection procedures like survey, questionnaires, etc. are not effective. The aim of direct observation is to evaluate the process of on-going behaviour, event and situation.
In this observation, the subject in the environment is unaware of the purpose of the observation. It’s a structured direct observation which is used in quantitative research.
Components of the method
Moderator or researcher: the observer who observes the behaviour or in simple words one who is recording the observations.
Respondents (student-teacher interaction): it is the behaviour which is to be observed without any personal bias and interest. The scope of observation is limited to the interaction taking place between students and teachers.
Recording sheet: a note pad is required to wright down the observed data. It is not possible to note down all the observation instantly so better to use jotting points and immediately after completion of task it should be completed in structured sentence.