In this lesson, you will watch a recorded classroom simulation focusing on classroom management. The simulation shows a teacher interacting with a group of students (avatars) at the beginning of a lesson, where different kinds of responses and behaviours emerge.
The aim is not to evaluate the teacher’s performance, but to give you the opportunity to observe how interaction unfolds in real time and reflect on how the situation could be understood through the lens of the Teaching Through Interaction (TTI) framework.
As you watch the recorded classroom simulation, pay attention to how the interaction unfolds in real time. Use the questions below to guide your observation and start applying the Teaching Through Interaction (TTI) framework to a real classroom situation.
Observation prompts:
After watching, you will complete a short quiz to reflect on what you observed and relate it to your own teaching experience.
In this lesson, you’ve taken the first step in applying the Teaching Through Interaction (TTI) framework to a real-life classroom simulation. By observing how teacher–student interaction unfolds in practice, you’ve explored how small choices in language, tone, and structure can shape classroom management and student engagement.
In Lesson 3, you will watch a second version of the same classroom scenario — this time with noticeable differences in the teacher’s approach. This comparison will help you sharpen your analytical skills and reflect further on how teacher behaviour can affect the classroom climate in subtle but significant ways.