observaatiopohjainen
Observaatiopohjainen, or observation-based, is a term used to describe methods and practices that prioritize empirical observation as the primary basis for data collection, interpretation, and decision making. The concept is not tied to a single discipline; it appears in education, psychology, ethnography, and user research to emphasize that conclusions should emerge from careful watching of phenomena in natural contexts, rather than solely from experiments or theoretical models.
In practice, observaatiopohjainen approaches involve systematic observation, documentation through field notes, checklists, or coding schemes, and
Applications include education, where observaatiopohjainen teaching or learning emphasizes learners’ behaviors and performances as evidence of
Advantages include greater ecological validity, rich descriptive data, and the generation of hypotheses grounded in actual
The term stems from Finnish roots, combining observaatio- (“observation”) and pohjainen (“based on”). It appears in