英語科目におけるオブザベーションウィーク（相互授業参観）の試み

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to report the outcome and findings of a peer observation called “the Observation Week,” which was conducted by the English Group at Tokyo Keizai University for 3 years, from 2006 to 2008. During the Observation Week, all the English Communication I courses were open for free observation among English instructors. It was confirmed that the Observation Week provides valuable on the job training to teach small-sized conversation classes, which are not yet popular at Japanese universities. At the same time, it was pointed out that mutual trust among instructors is essential to successful peer observation.