GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN

LESSON PLANNING
 OBJECTIVES FORMULATION
Begin with the end in mind.
Share lesson objectives with students.
Lesson objectives must be in two or three
domains.
Work on significant and relevant lesson
objectives.
Lesson objectives must be aligned with the aims
of education as embodied in the Philippine
Constitution and other laws and on the vision-
mission statements of the educational institution.
 OBJECTIVES FORMULATION
Aim at the development of critical and
creative thinking.
For accountability of learning, lesson
objectives must be SMART
 SELECTION OF CONTENT
Select contents according to national
standards.
Select meaningful and relevant contents.
Strike balance in the selection of contents
based on the domains of learning.
Make sure content fully covers the
essentials.
Consider the learner's interest.
 SELECTION OF CONTENT
Consider utility (usefulness) of content to
the learners.
Consider covering the content within a
specified period of time.
ORGANIZATION OF CONTENT
Provide opportunities for students to
construct richer and more sophisticated
knowledge base (from facts gathered).
experimentation
emphasis on conceptual understanding
presenting ideas of others
ORGANIZATION OF CONTENT
Integrate cognitive, skill, and affective
elements.
Cognitive (fact, concept, principle,
hypotheses, theories, laws,)
Skills (thinking skills: divergent, convergent,
problem solving, metaphoric, critical, creative)
Skills (manipulative)
Value-laden teaching
 SELECTION AND USE OF
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Learning is an active process.
The more senses that are involved in
learning, the more and the better the
learning.
A non-threatening atmosphere enchance
learning.
Emotion has the power to increase
retention and learning.
 SELECTION AND USE OF
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Learning is more meaningful when it is
connected to students' every day life.
Good teaching goes beyond the recall of
information.
An integrated teaching approach is far
more effective than teaching bits of
information (considering MI and learning
styles of students)