Dimension: Social Forms

DefinitionSocial forms are the specific organization of classroom interactions, these describe the social relationships and patterns of communication among classroom participants. This includes interactions between students, between students and their teacher, and group combinations. Depending on how the classroom is organized, social forms can be individual work, partner work, group work, or plenary work (Euler & Hahn, 2014).

NotesInstructions of use

Observation and coding should start with a clearly recognizable action, e.g. when the teacher starts to introduce the topic or to create groups for students. For example, from timestamp 00:00:35, the teacher begins to introduce the lesson topic to all students and informs them of the next phase of group work. By timestamp 00:05:27, the plenary work ends, this is because the first group or student starts group work at timestamp 00:05:28. There should be no gaps or intervals between each phase. The period before timestamp 00:05:28, even if it is a transition time, should be included in the plenary work. This is because the transition time is actually students or teachers wrapping up the content or activity of the previous phase. Coding ends when all instructional activities are completed.

Notes on Saving Coding Files

We recommend a unique naming for each coding file, which should include the name of the recording, the observation number, and the name of the coding manual, e.g., VidXXX_01_social_forms.

Target groupLehrkräfte

Kategorien
Group work
Individual work
Mixed form
Not assignable
Partner work
Plenary work

OriginOwn development

SourceEuler, D. & Hahn, A. (2014). Wirtschaftsdidaktik (3. Aufl.). UTB Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Pädagogik, Didaktik: Bd. 2525. Haupt Verlag.

CitationFan, E.; Siemon, J. (2024). Social Forms - Lehrkräfte [Ratingmanualskala: Version 1.0]. In: Classroom Observation Coding Manual System - Lesson Phases, Social Forms, and Time-on-Task [Ratingmanual: Version 1.0]. Erstanwendung 2015. Frankfurt am Main: Forschungsdatenzentrum Bildung am DIPF. http://dx.doi.org/10.7477/1152:415

Release date12.12.2024