Matt O’Leary is Professor of Education and Director of the education research centre CSPACE at Birmingham City University, UK. His research on classroom/lesson observation has had significant impact in the UK and internationally on education policy and the thinking and practice of education leaders, practitioners and researchers working in all education sectors.

• Introduction to Second Edition. Introducing the book. Part I: Exploring the role of classroom observation in teaching and learning. Chapter 1: Classroom observation in context: understanding the background to its emergence and its role in the teaching profession. Chapter 2: A review of classroom observation in the English education system: understanding its role in schools, colleges and universities. Chapter 3: Typologies of classroom observation: contexts, models and purposes. Part II: Classroom observation as a means of studying and assessing the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Chapter 4: Classroom observation as a method for studying teaching and learning: ways of recording what you see. Chapter 5: What is learning? What is teaching? Can we really observe them? Chapter 6: Being an effective teacher: models of teacher effectiveness. Part III: Classroom observation as a means of improving teachers’ professional learning and development. Chapter 7: Classroom observation as a tool for expansive professional learning: observing practice and the role of critical reflection. Chapter 8: Peer-based models of observation: the benefits of collaborative learning. Chapter 9: Using digital video technology to observe, inform and improve teacher learning. Chapter 10: Lesson study. Conclusion.

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