Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Teacher Development
Code: 518021
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Phase 5 - Approaches to classroom
investigation in teaching

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Independent

Evaluation moment: Final
Highest score of the activity: 125 points
The activity starts on: Sunday, The activity ends on: Wednesday,
November 26, 2023 December 6, 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome(s):

Apply the approaches to classroom investigation in teaching for applying in a specific case
study in an educational context.

The activity consists of:

Step 1 – Investigation in teaching

From the reading “approaches_to_classroom_investigation_in_teaching” you are

going to answer the following questions:

Which of the procedures discussed in that chapter would be most appropriate for
gathering information from the issue you found in the critical incident and case
analysis, simulator: teaching journal, lesson reports, surveys and questionnaires,
audio and video recording, or observation? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of the procedure you selected?

Step 2 – Design an e-portfolio

Choose one of the technological toosl, a blog, a web page or so fourth to design the
e-portfolio. These are the contents: (Present the components in a tidy and easy to
navigate)

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Evidence of your skills and competency as a language teacher

_ Student evaluations.

_ Examples of students’ work

_ Examples of teaching materials you have prepared

_ Photographs of you teaching your class (only if you have this)

_ Photographs of your classroom with students engaged in a learning activity

_ Notes or cards of appreciation from past students (only if you have this)

Your approach to classroom management and organization

_ A description of your philosophy(the principles, approaches, and beliefs) of

classroom management

_ An account of procedures used for teaching large classes and for using group work

- A diagram of your ideal language classroom

- A description of the most effective activity you developed with the students.

- List the digital resources you use with the student (kahoot .etc)

Documents showing your commitment to professional development

-A report on how you think you have developed since you began teaching

- final conclusions about how this course support your teacher development plan.

- Some suggestions, recommendations, congratulations about the activities of the

course.

- Investigation chart

You are going to write the:

- Critical incident

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 - Case analysis

-Approaches to classroom investigation in teaching

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

✓ Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

✓ Check the Course News for important information.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

✓ Check the references in the learning environment and focus on Unit 3 needed
for this task.
✓ Read carefully the activity guide Task 5

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Deliver a pdf document with a cover page considering APA style format, cover page,
professional development plan and the teaching e- portfolio link.

Evidence of independent work:

The independent evidence to be submitted is:

Deliver a PDF file with:

• Cover Page.
• The responses to the questions proposed based on the reading
• Teaching e- portfolio link
• Bibliographic References

Evidence of group work:

The group work evidence to be submitted is:

Provide feedback to those partners who are active in the forum and post the required
tasks.

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2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit

For Independent evidence, consider the following:

- Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets
all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Independent

Evaluation moment: Final
The highest score in this activity is 125 points

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 High level: The student selects the appropriate procedures
First evaluation that can be used to help teachers investigate classroom
criterion: teaching. The answers respond a depth evidence.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 22 points
The student and 25 points
responds the
investigation Average level: The student selects the appropriated
questions. procedures that can be used to help teachers investigate
classroom teaching. However, the answers do not respond
depth evidence.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points

This criterion and 23 points
represents 25
points of the total Low level: The student does not answer the questions.
of 125 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 1 point
and 6 points
High level: The design the e-portfolio shows creativity and it
Second evaluation is well organized, complete and easy to navigate. The portfolio
criterion: provides clear evidence of learning tied to sound educational
theory (or grounded in appropriate academic frameworks)

If your work is at level, you can get between 45 points

The student designs and 50 points
the E-porftolio
content uploading Average level: The student designs the e-portfolio, and it
the required shows some of creativity and it is not organized and difficult to
documents. navigate. There are missing some documents. The portfolio
documents some, but not sufficient, learning tied to sound
educational theory (or grounded in appropriate academic
frameworks)
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 13 points
represents 50 and 44 points
points of the total
of 125 points of Low level: The student did not design an e-portfolio.
the activity. .

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 1
points and 12 points

High level: The student demonstrates that she/he has

Third evaluation mastered the knowledge and skills for the course learning
criterion: outcomes and can apply them in practice.The student complies
with the activities in the practice scenery and virtual course.

The student If your work is at level, you can get between 45 points
demonstrates and 50 points
commitment in the
practice scenery Average level: The student demonstrates the ability to use
the knowledge and skills for the course learning outcomes, but
and activities in the
the practice is limited, because complies with some of the
course.
activities in the scenery or virtual course.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points

and 44 points

Low level: The student does not demonstrate the ability to

This criterion use the knowledge and skills for the course learning outcomes
represents 50 in practice are limited.
points of the total .
of 125 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 1
points and 8 points
the activity.