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Home > Reflective Teaching in Schools, 5th Ed > 3. Teaching for learning > 11. Pedagogy > Reflective Activities > To identify the patterns in the purpose of teacher contacts with pupils
To identify patterns in the purpose of teacher contacts with pupils.
We suggest the development of a schedule which lists different kinds of contact. This should be in terms of descriptive and visible actions (so that the amount of inference is low) and which do not overlap (so that the categories are exclusive). For example, you could try classifying teacher contacts with pupils using categories such as: ‘instructional', ‘managerial', ‘social' and ‘other'. Data might then be collected by time sampling or a tally. The results could then be analysed to try to identify any different patterns of contact based on gender, ethnicity, class, attainments, achievement or personalities.
You might want to consider looking at pupil‑initiated contacts, or at pupil–pupil interaction in a similar way.