LESSON PLANNING

Applying an understanding of how people learn to plan lessons and learning

experiences.
• A lesson plan is a teacher’s daily guide for what students need to
learn, how it will be taught, and how learning will be measured.
• Lesson plans help teachers be more effective in the classroom by
providing a detailed outline to follow each class period.
• Creating a lesson plan is an important aspect of instructional design.
Lesson plans allow professors to create learning objectives, organize and
deliver course content, and plan and prepare learning activities and
materials. It also outlines the type of informal or formal assessment
methods professors will use in their classrooms.
“SMART” CRITERIA

• One of the most popular goal-setting strategies is the “SMART” criteria,

which ensures goals are focused.
• In the context of lesson planning, you can use the SMART criteria to
determine your lesson objectives:
• Is the objective specific?
• Is the objective measurable?
• Is the objective attainable by all students?
• Is the objective relevant to your class and students?
• Is the objective time-based to align with your syllabus?
• A lesson plan provides you with a general outline of your teaching goals, learning
objectives, and means to accomplish them, and is by no means exhaustive. A productive
lesson is not one in which everything goes exactly as planned, but one in which both
students and instructor learn from each other.
VERB LIST FOR WRITING
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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