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The Lesson Activities Map: A Domain-Specific Lesson Transcription Methodology

Annamaria Savona , Stefanie Stadler Elmer, Anna Elisa Hürlimann, François Joliat, Gabriella Cavasino

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Savona A, Elmer SS, Hürlimann AE, Joliat F, Cavasino G. The lesson activities map: a domain-specific lesson transcription methodology. European J Ed Res. 2021;10(2):705-717. doi: 10.12973/eu-jer.10.2.705
Savona, A., Elmer, S. S., Hürlimann, A. E., Joliat, F., & Cavasino, G. (2021). The lesson activities map: a domain-specific lesson transcription methodology. European Journal of Educational Research, 10(2), 705-717. https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.10.2.705
Savona Annamaria, Stefanie Stadler Elmer, Anna Elisa Hürlimann, François Joliat, and Gabriella Cavasino. "The Lesson Activities Map: A Domain-Specific Lesson Transcription Methodology," European Journal of Educational Research 10, no. 2 (2021): 705-717. https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.10.2.705
Savona, A Elmer, SS Hürlimann, AE Joliat, F & Cavasino, 2021, 'The lesson activities map: a domain-specific lesson transcription methodology', European Journal of Educational Research, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 705-717. Savona, Annamaria et al. "The Lesson Activities Map: A Domain-Specific Lesson Transcription Methodology." European Journal of Educational Research, vol. 10, no. 2, 2021, pp. 705-717, https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.10.2.705.

Abstract

In educational research, audio-video recordings allow observing a lesson repeatedly. The collected data needs to be transcribed for analysis. Although methodologies for transcribing video-recorded lessons are established, there is lack of transcription methodologies for certain types of lessons, such as in arts education or the teaching to create new products. In our research project, we examine the teaching–learning of songs in class. Because of the absence of suitable transcription methodologies, we developed a new systematic approach. This paper presents the Lesson Activities Map (LAMap), which consists of symbols and icons representing graphically the constitutive elements of a domain-specific lesson. As a result, the LAMap provides a visualisation of the lesson content – in this context the song – and of how a teacher works on parts and the whole. The graphic representation supports the lesson analysis from different perspectives. The LAMap methodology and applications are valuable for transcribing other subject-specific lessons.

Keywords: Lesson Activities Map, transcription, lesson visualisation, song teaching, arts education.


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