Chapter 8: Observation Recording Sheet 

This activity is an important part of understanding what it means to be a teacher. Please review the videos listed 
for this module. Choose one of the videos and carefully watch and review the video and the written materials that 
come with it. We will be connecting our chapter readings to your classroom observation reflections.  

Chapter 8 Focus:   
This chapter focuses on the global classroom and how technology is changing the nature, mechanism, and 
outcomes of schooling across the world. 

This Weeks Videos: 

1. 1.​Case #586 (2nd Grade) 

Building Classroom Community Through the Study of Chinese Art and Culture - Case 586 

2. Case # 1098 (6th Grade) 

Conducting Cultural Research about Ancient Egypt in Small Groups - Case 1098 

3. Case # 203 (12th Grade) 

Determining the Influence of Media on American Culture and Stereotypes - Case 203 

Reflection Questions:   Your Response  

Create a thoughtful response with 
complete sentences. Provide specific 
examples from the video and the 
written teacher description to fully 
answer each reflection question. 

Which video did you watch?  I decided to watch the video,

Building Classroom Community
Through the Study of Chinese Art
and Culture.
Did you find this observation was a good  This observation was a good
example of a global classroom? Why or 
why not? 
example of a global classroom
because it focuses on social
studies and fine arts.
Was there an example of students gaining  Example: ​local university sent
global competence in the classroom that 
you observed? If so, what is the example? 
international students to share
If not, do you have an idea how the  about the country in which they
teacher could have increased it?  live in and as a result students
became interested in China and
wanted to learn more
Share 3 takeaways from this observation.   1. Building a classroom
community is very
important.
2. It's important to know
where your students are
from to learn more about
them and allow all the rest
of students to do the same.
3. It’s important to learn how
to work effectively in
cooperative groups.

Write any questions that you might have  Questions: Is it hard to get all
about creating a global teaching/learning 
environment 
students to work cooperatively?
What if one student is
uninterested?
A section in Chapter 8 talks about online  Online learning for me has been a
learning. Please refer to this part of the 
chapter while you write about your own 
challenge but also very
online learning you are experiencing so  interesting.
far in this semester.  It’s been difficult trying to keep
up with all my assignments. I
struggle the most with motivation.
There’s absolutely no motivation
at times which leads to not
finishing my assignments till the
last minute. I never dealt with this
when attending face-to-face but
unfortunately our current situation
doesn’t allow us.