Objectives and Key Results in the classroom: a framework for practice development on goal-setting

Thesis

Student motivation and engagement seem to be more important than ever considering information technology has rendered learning away from a classroom setting relatively commonplace. Also, recent research has provided evidence that the lack of non-cognitive skills may be harming academic results in developing countries such as Brazil. Motivated by these two circumstances, this study aimed to investigate the use of a modern goal-setting framework, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), as a tool to improve teachers´ leadership skills and foster a more structured teacher/student dialogue about performance. A randomised controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to estimate the short-term effect caused on teachers by a lecture on OKR. Positive effects were detected, but the sample size prevents these results to be considered statistically significant. A single teacher OKR pilot was carried out to identify a manner of use for the framework in the classroom context. Pilot results look promising and probably justify the continuation of the research.

Authors: Da Fonseca, AL

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-jvrjdrkrr
• Type of award: MSc
• Level of award: Masters
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: MTEd2018; MTEd
• Subjects: Education