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Seating Patterns in Small Language Classes: an example of action research
Author(s) -
Philpott Patrick
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192930190206
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , mathematics education , action research , psychology , object (grammar) , action (physics) , intervention (counseling) , pedagogy , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , psychiatry
This article is a summary of a classroom research project carried out at a small English language school in southern Spain between December 1989 and April 1990. The object of the study was to look into possible relationships between the seating patterns of students in class and their observed attitudes towards class activities. The study was conducted in five stages (baseline picture, two intervention phases, the modified situation and a final questionnaire administered to the students). Simultaneous field notes were taken of the teachers’ and students’ reactions to the changing situation.