‘This Research Handbook is urgently needed. Efforts to improve teaching and learning are incomplete without attention to what’s actually happening in classrooms. Meanwhile, developments in technology have opened new vistas for classroom-based research. Scholars and instructional leaders alike will find this Research Handbook to be an essential resource for understanding the challenge and opportunities of classroom observations.’

- Adam Gamoran, William T. Grant Foundation, USA,

‘This Research Handbook presents the most piercing, in-depth examination of classroom observation methodologies to date, complete with a diversity of perspectives at times astutely critical but collectively enlightening as to their unique affordances and vast potential. Sean Kelly has assembled an impressively varied yet representative array of research programs leveraging classroom observation for maximum insights into teaching practices and student experiences essential for professional improvement, including those revealing the bright future of observational research as augmented by new technologies like AI. Along the way, he does not hold back his own experienced observations and refined analysis of key features and emerging issues, skillfully synthesizing this essential collection of works for researchers and educators alike.’

- David J. Shernoff, Rutgers University, USA,