EDU102MTH

Midterm Notes #1

Lesson Plan - a teacher’s plan for teaching alesson. A lesson plan is a

detailed guide for teaching a lesson. It’s a step-by-step guide that outlines the
teacher’s objectives for what the students will aaccomplish that day.

Lesson Planning is the heart of effective teaching. It can enhance the

teacher’s impact.

Why do we use lesson plans?

1. To produce unified lessons

Enables multiple teachers in a course to provide a consistent delivery and
message to all students

2. To focus on what students are doing

Provides an opportunity for teachers to think about the tyoes of activities
needed to meet the learning outcomes, how long the activities take and how
students will be grouped.

3. To make the learning journey explicit

Provides an opportunity to identify, make explicit to learners, links within
course content.

4. To reflect on one’s own content knowledge

Enables the teacher to evsluate their own knowledge of the content to be
taught

5. To improve teacher confidence

Enables the teacher to remain in control of their lesson, and keep students on
track.

6. To make it easier to share practice

Enables other teachers to understand how your lessons are sequenced. This
is especially when someone else is filling in for your lesson.

7. To create a record
Serves as evidence of professional performance, and a record of how your
pedagogy evolves over time. At the end of your teaching period, it can be
motivating to look over your records and see the impact you’ve had.

8. To prompt continuing self-reflection

Provides a framework for you to reflect on your teaching practice and make
adjustments.
Self check!
Eight Questions to "Think Aloud" as You Prepare Lessons

1. Students: What are the academic, social, physical, personal, and

emotional needs of my students?

2. Strategies: Which teaching strategies will best facilitate my students'

learning?

3. Grouping: Should I group heterogeneously or homogeneously? What

size should my groups be?

4. Timing: When is the best time to do this lesson? Are there

prerequisites my students should have mastered?

5. Materials: What materials and human resources do I need for the

lesson to be successful?

6. Success: Was the lesson successful? Were my students interested?

Did my students learn? What didn't work? What will I do differently next
time?

7. Sequence: What can I do next to build upon this lesson? How can I
make it flow?

8. Rationale: What is the reason for doing this? What objectives will be
accomplished?

Types of Lesson Plans

1. Detailed Lesson Plan

It provides mastery of what to teach and gives the teacher confidence when
teaching. In this plan, both teacher’s and student’s activities are presented.

2. Semi-detailed Lesson Plan

It is less intricate than the detailed lesson plan. It is having a general game
plan of what you wanted to cover for thet subject on that particular day.

3. Brief Lesson Plan

It hits the main points of a lesson and does not involve a lot of detail. The brief
lesson plan can give an overview of the expected learning outcome of a
particular module.