Little continues to be known about what actually happens in classrooms, particularly from a national perspective. Descriptions of classroom practices from a national vantage point can provide a bird's eye view of salient patterns and variations within an education system, especially one as centralised as that of Malaysia. With these descriptions, especially if the primary data consists of video recordings, one can also begin to compare movements in classroom practices across time and space; theorise about the nature of practice within the system as well as inform policy deliberations. This paper examines key methodological decisions of conducting a national study to research classroom educational practice within Malaysia's public school system. The case is made for the use of such studies to gain a bird's eye perspective of classroom practices in a national system as well as to lay the foundations for inter-system comparisons. Potential implications and opportunities of these types of studies are also discussed.

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研究国家课堂实践的方法论方法

关于教室实际发生的事情，人们仍然知之甚少，特别是从国家的角度来看。从国家的角度对课堂实践的描述可以提供对教育系统内显着模式和变化的鸟瞰图，尤其是像马来西亚这样集中化的系统。通过这些描述，尤其是如果主要数据包括录像，人们还可以开始比较课堂实践在时间和空间上的变化；对系统内实践的性质进行理论分析，并为政策审议提供依据。本文探讨了进行全国性研究以研究马来西亚公立学校系统内的课堂教育实践的关键方法学决策。理由是利用这些研究来获得鸟类 在国家系统中对课堂实践的看法，以及为系统间比较奠定基础。还讨论了这类研究的潜在影响和机会。