Teacher observation in El Salvador

ALTHOUGH TEACHERS WERE RETRAINED AS PART OF THE REFORM, A STANDARD FORM FOR OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION WAS LACKING. TO MEET THIS DEFICIENCY, GUIDELINES FOR SUCH A FORM WERE TAKEN FROM C. E. BEEBY"S THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND APPLIED TO THIS FORM. ITEMS OF BEHAVIOR NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF CLASSROOM DEVELOPMENT ARE LISTED AND ELABORATED, A SAMPLE OBSERVATION FORM AND EXPLANATION OF IT ARE INCLUDED, AND THE RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS IN SIXTEEN CLASSROOMS ARE RECORDED AND INTERPRETED. GENERALLY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NEW SYSTEM"S TEACHERS WERE PROGRESSING TOWARD THE NON-ROTE, INDIVIDUALIZED, PROBLEM-SOLVING LEARNING THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE EDUCATIONAL REFORM.