This Guide is intended as a starting point for your research and lists a selection of material. You will need to look beyond the resources listed here to identify further reading. Additional material (including more ebooks) can be found in the Education Ebooks Collection, or Sage Research Methods and in scholarly ejournal articles sourced using bibliographic databases.
See the Observation section of the Education Ebooks Collection for additional reading
The following sections of the Library will contain material on this subject:
301/01 – Social science research methodology
370/78 – Educational research
Baer, D. M., Harrison, R., Fradenburg, L., Petersen, D., & Milla, S. (2005). Some pragmatics in the valid and reliable recording of directly observed behavior. Research on Social Work Practice, 15(6), 440-451.
Baker, A. A., & Lee, J. J. (2011). Mind the gap: Unexpected pitfalls in doing classroom research. Qualitative Report, 16(5), 1435-1447.
Cotton, D. R., Stokes, A., & Cotton, P. A. (2010). Using observational methods to research the student experience. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 34(3), 463-473.
Hardman, F., Smith, F. and Wall, K. (2003) Interactive whole class teaching in the national literacy strategy, Cambridge Journal of Education, 33(2), 197-216.
This study used video observation
Plowman, L. (1999). Using Video for Observing Interaction in the Classroom. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Research in Education.
A short, very accessibly written, practical guide.
Ulewicz, M., & Beatty, A. (Eds.). (2001). The power of video technology in international comparative research in education. Washington DC: National Academies Press.