FLANDERS’ INTERACTION ANALYSIS CATEGORIES SYSTEM (FIACS)

Описание: Interaction analysis is that verifiable observation which provides the best foundation
for systematic knowledge of the teaching–learning process in the classroom. Basically,
interaction analysis has been used to help quantify a teacher’s verbal behaviour. It
provides an idea about the process going on inside the classroom in terms of teaching
and learning. Interaction analysis is basically a process of encoding and decoding
the teaching and learning pattern. In the coding process, categories of classifying
statements are established. A code symbol is assigned to each category and a trained
observer records the content. In the decoding step, a trained analyst interprets the
display of coded data and reconstructs original events on the basis of the encoded
data, even though he may not have been present when the data were collected.
The greatest use of interaction analysis has probably been in student-teaching
or teaching internships where it is used for several basic purposes as follows:
 Developing skill in observation of teaching
 Providing a tool for analysis of teaching
 Providing a tool for feedback about one’s teaching
 Setting a framework for practising and learning specific teaching skills
 Providing a framework for conceptualizing and developing various teaching
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