An interview with Paul Seedhouse on Video Enhanced Observation (VEO): A New Tool for Teacher Training, Professional Development and Classroom Research

The author interviewed Dr. Paul Seedhouse (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) about Video Enhanced Observation (VEO) in teacher training, profesional development, and classroom research.Dr. Paul Seedhouse is Professor of Educational and Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. His 2004 monograph The Interactional Architecture of Language Classroom, published by Blackwell, won the Modern Language Association of America Mildenberger Price. He also co-edited the collections Applying Conversation Analysis (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005) and LanguageTeaching and Learning as Social Interaction (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007) and is co-author of Research Methods for Applied Language Studies (Routledge, 2012). His main research is about how people communicate in professional settings, specifically, uncovering how the organization of interaction in an institutional setting is related to institutional goals. In this area of research, Dr. Seedhouse has published many articles, papers and book chapters. He is currently PI on the project Video Enhanced Observation, an Erasmus Plus KA2 Partnership for School Education Grant