Annotated Bibliograhy #1

Borich, Gary.Observation skills for effective teaching. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008

I choose this because this author had taken the time to teach others how to observe better. Sometimes in life we are always taking and never listening...that is where we fall short and Borich picks us up. He has built the skills and written it down so we can continue to learn without doing all the talking.It gives you reasons why you should take the time to observe others. In many ways this book is focused more on teaching skills but I believe that anyone who is willing to observe and even I am an Aviation student still find myself teaching others the techqnic to fly I could do this better by taking the time to read this book. I really focused on observing over the teaching side of this wriritng.For this purpose I learned more for leaving teaching out even though if i were a teacher it would be helpful.

I wanted to read more about observing because I have little to no experience when it comes to watching others observing and being good at it without invloving myself too much and doing what I need to get all the imformation that I am going after. I do really believe that there is a trait and a skill when it comes to watching others there is a right way and a wrong way. I don't want to come off rude when I am writing down everyone's moves, words, ect. I know that is book once again is formally addressed towards teachers and them becoming better observers over there children so that they may be able to help them better in there educational quest but I must add that I am observing a wide veriatly of pupels I am the conductor and they are my band. I might not be telling them what to do but I have watched my job and been there for so long that I can guess, predict and almost instigated what will happen next. I want to be able to observe and be there but be able to disconnect myself from that place. "Examining engagement in the learning process" is one of the Chapeters in his book but I use it as Examining the workers and almost understand there work process and why there habits are the way they are.Another chapter mentions "Looking for higher thought processes and performance outcomes"I hope I can understand there performance and learn the moral of there very actions because some of the things I see I am speechless I have so much to share in my notes. I would have to say the the audience would most deffianly be teaching mainly because this is a skills in teaching others book but also those who want to be better observers like me I think everyone of my class mates would benefit from reading this book or atleast giving it a chance.


Stanczak, Gregory. Visual research methods : image, society, and representation. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2007.

This book truly intregs me. It actually explains how to understand images and to use visual skills t you advantage in a research edviorment. How more perfect is that. This is what I have been looking for so I may better myself. I really do believe that I am not observing a Resturant full of woman and older men that are up to no good I believe that it is much firther than that. I believe that I am observing a culture and Gregory feels the same way. This is a culture that has created itself within one small bulding.I don't think that cultures are only those like the Maori in Newzealand that were once warriors and lead almost everything to violence. I think that just because it wasnt written down in some history book behind those walls there is much history that is just waiting to surface. That's what i want to accomplish, the truth about this place.

Sarah, you mention that the reason we do CRJ's is so that we can improve our field work and be able to remember and write down to understand our community. This author feels the same way infact he explains why you must do this and how to improve it. We observe so that we can become that much closer to understanding. We comunicate to that we can hear and believe that what we are seeing is real and if there is a story behind it we can know the truth because what you see and think acn be totally different what what you see is explained but the one who is doing it. Wow I know thats a mouth full but really is isnt that complex and I enjoy research because I am learning so much and understand more which makes things a lot easier on me when I will write my essay. For this purpose I believe that being able to be visual and be good at it will help be obsorb the community and everything is has to offer. The audience can be very wide and boaud because you can get so much use out of this book. The readers could be an Anthropology major or student, maybe a person like me that is observing others or a person who spends a lot of time watching others. Even people of other cultures that want to understand other cultures and communities.

P.S. Sarah Beth I do really agree that this did help when it comes to research. I understand how this will benefit me and this will make my work cited page a lot easier to do. I have always thought that the work cited page was difficult. Thanks a lot!