Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning
A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn
and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Before you plan your
lesson, you will first need to identify the learning objectives for the class
meeting. Then, you can design appropriate learning activities and develop
strategies to obtain feedback on student learning. A successful lesson plan
addresses and integrates these three key components.
First, an objective for student learning .The first step is to determine what
you want students to learn and be able to do at the end of class. To help you
specify your objectives for student learning, answer the following questions:
What is the topic of the lesson? What do I want students to learn?, What do I
want them to understand and be able to do at the end of class?, What do I want
them to take away from this particular lesson?
Second, teaching/learning activities. Prepare several different ways of
explaining the material (real-life examples, analogies, visuals, etc.) to catch
the attention of more students and appeal to different learning styles. As you
plan your examples and activities, estimate how much time you will spend on
each. Build in time for extended explanation or discussion, but also be
prepared to move on quickly to different applications or problems, and to
identify strategies that check for understanding. These questions would help
you design the learning activities you will use: What will I do to explain the
topic?, What will I do to illustrate the topic in a different way?, How can
I engage students in the topic?, What are some relevant real-life examples,
analogies, or situations that can help students understand the topic? And what
will students need to do to help them understand the topic better?
Third, the strategies to check understanding of the student. Now that you have
explained the topic and illustrated it with different examples, you need to
check for student understanding. Think about specific questions you can ask
students in order to check for understanding, write them down, and then
paraphrase them so that you are prepared to ask the questions in different
ways. Try to predict the answers your questions will generate.
Conclusion, to be effective, the lesson plan does not have to be an exhaustive document that describes each and every possible classroom scenario. Nor does it have to anticipate each and every student’s response or question. Instead, it should provide you with a general outline of your teaching goals, learning objectives, and means to accomplish them. It is a reminder of what you want to do and how you want to do it. 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.
Conclusion, to be effective, the lesson plan does not have to be an exhaustive document that describes each and every possible classroom scenario. Nor does it have to anticipate each and every student’s response or question. Instead, it should provide you with a general outline of your teaching goals, learning objectives, and means to accomplish them. It is a reminder of what you want to do and how you want to do it. 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.
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