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Field Observation Results
Madison Martinez
Professor Sgobba
08 December 2020
Field Observation
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I had the opportunity to join Ms. Dey and her wonderful second grade class for the Fall
semester. I consider this fieldwork to be special this year in particular because we had the chance
to evaluate the first virtual school year. All levels of students not only had to adapt to a new
school year and teacher, but to a new set of principles and rules; changing how education
functions. WIth that said, I decided not only to answer the questions associated in the packet, but
apprise the adaptation students and teachers had to take on due to the effect of the pandemic.
In my observation I've come across common habits that operate similar to how they
would in the physical classroom. For example, both Ms. Dey and her students use advanced
technology to perform small groups, raising hands, presenting, popcorn reading, and even games.
I took note that Ms. Dey and the adjacent teachers stuck to a routine that would normally take
place if they were in the physical classroom, however, had to use additional resources like apps,
and programs to fulfill holes that remote learning makes. To put into perspective, at 12:50 on
Mondays, her class would get together for a math lesson. To show they’re ready, they each
reveal their writing utensils on camera and mute their mics. Once every student is ready to learn,
Mr. Dey sends a link in the chat box that leads to a whiteboard app, where she pre-writes the
lesson and problems for the day. This re-creates a classroom setting When she calls on a student,
they quickly unmute themselves and speak, and if a student wants to answer a question, there is a
“raise your hand” button that all students use daily. These tasks are done in the physical
classroom, and can be accomplish in a remote classroom with a little help from extra tools.
I was able to collect more information about student to teacher relationships because of
remote learning. I got to join two person “break room” sessions, where students are pulled aside
from a large group to have a one-on-one instruction for extra assistance. There I concluded that
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Ms. Dey cares very much about her students and gives students lots of celebrations when things
are done correctly. She also encourages the students to keep trying until they achieve the goal. In
a group setting she emphasizes all the students' remarks and evaluates their answers
independently. Ms. Dey strictly stands by “not stealing anyone’s answers” she prefers the
students create their own answers, even if it bounces off of someone else’s, but never steal
another students. Additionally, Mr. Dey presents challenges to her students. For example, she
preposed to all the students in class that whoever had the best story and or word problems to a
specific math equation, got to pick the song for the end of the class. This makes the students
more passionate about their work and gives them incentives to try harder. Continuing, Ms. Dey’s
remote classroom is very organized. Every session I've joined, we've completed the same
programs and activities at the same time everyday. This ensures the students stay on top of their
work, and make it easier to look back at later on,
Continuing, I've noticed student to student behaviors. All students are very kind to one
another, when a student joins the call, they all greet that individual nicely. However, because
their mics are muted most of the time and they can talk to their peers separately, there is very
little social interaction. When students are on the call, their attention goes straight to the teacher
and they have little to no time to talk to other students.
Overall Ms. Dey’s classroom has successfully executed the new approach to remote
learning. She gets her lessons done efficiently by interacting constantly with the students,
celebrating with them when things are done right, sticking to a route, applying discipline when
necessary, and more. During the year, adapting to not only a know new lifestyle, but a new way
of learning has been a lot, but making sure to apply components similar to how years past would
do it, crests all the difference when reaching your goals as a teacher and a student.
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