Lesson Planning - Thomas S.C. Farrell: by Umama Shah
Lesson planning is the process where teachers design their daily lessons to achieve specific learning objectives. It involves determining content, sequencing activities, timing, and materials to guide student learning. Teachers plan lessons for internal reasons like feeling more prepared and learning the content better, and external reasons such as satisfying administrative requirements. Common lesson planning models include Tyler's rational-linear model and Yinger's three stage model of problem conception, formulation, and implementation. Teachers evaluate lessons based on student learning and engagement.
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Lesson Planning - Thomas S.C. Farrell: by Umama Shah
Lesson planning is the process where teachers design their daily lessons to achieve specific learning objectives. It involves determining content, sequencing activities, timing, and materials to guide student learning. Teachers plan lessons for internal reasons like feeling more prepared and learning the content better, and external reasons such as satisfying administrative requirements. Common lesson planning models include Tyler's rational-linear model and Yinger's three stage model of problem conception, formulation, and implementation. Teachers evaluate lessons based on student learning and engagement.
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Lesson Planning
-Thomas S.C. Farrell
By Umama Shah Lesson planning is defined as the daily decisions a teacher makes for the successful outcome of a lesson. A daily lesson plan is a written description of how students will move toward attaining specific objectives. It describe the teaching behavior that will result in student learning. * Why plan?
*Models Of lesson planning
*How to plan a lesson
Why plan? •Lesson plans are systematic records of a teacher’s thoughts about what will be covered during the lesson. •Lesson plans helps teachers to think about the lesson in advance. •It resolve problems and difficulties. •It provides a structure for a lesson. •It provides a map for a teacher to follow. •It provides a record for what has been taught. Internal Reasons for Lesson Planning
Teachers plan for internal reasons
in order to:
•Feel more confident
•Learn the subject matter better
•Enable lessons to run more smoothly
•Anticipate problems before they
External Reasons for Lesson Planning
Teachers plan for external
reasons in order to:
•Satisfy the expectations of principal
or supervisor
•To guide a substitute teacher in case
the class needs one Daily Lesson Plan can benefit the English teachers in the following ways:
•A plan can help the teacher think about
content, materials, sequencing, timing and activities. •A plan provides security (in the form of a map) in the sometimes unpredictable atmosphere of a classroom. •A plan is a log of what has been taught. •A plan can help a substitute to smoothly take over a class when the teacher Models of Lesson Planning Tyler’s Rational-Linear Framework
•Specify objectives
•Select learning activities
•Organize learning activities
•Specify models of evaluation
Yinger’s Model Planning takes place in Three stages: 1.Problem conception: Planning starts with a discovery cycle of the integration of the teacher’s goals, knowledge, and experience. 2. Problem formulation: In which problem is formulated and a solution is achieved. 3. Implementing the plan: It involves implementing the plan along with its evaluation. Why teachers deviate from the original plan? •Serve the common good
•Teach to the moment
•Further the lesson
•Accommodate students’ learning
styles
•Promote students’ involvement
How to plan a lesson Developing the plan Clear well written objectives are the first step in daily lesson planning.
•They help state precisely what we want
our students to learn •Help guide the selection of appropriate activities •Help provide overall lesson focus and direction •Give teachers a way to evaluate what their students have learned at the end of the Generic components of a Lesson plan Lesson Phase Role of teacher Role of Student 1. Perspective Asks what students have Tell what they’ve learned (opening) learned in previous lesson. previously. Previews new lesson. Respond to the preview. 2. Stimulation Prepares students for new Relate activity to their activity. lives. Respond to attention Presents attention grabber grabber. 3. Instruction/part Presents activity. Do activity icipation Checks for Show understanding understanding. Interact with others Encourages involvement. 4. Closure Asks what students have Tell what they’ve learned. learned. Give input on future Previews future lessons. lessons. 5. Follow up Presents other activities to Do new activities. reinforce same concepts. Interact with others. Presents opportunities for interaction. Implementing the plan •Teacher may need to make certain adjustment to the lesson at the implementation phase. •When implementing their lesson plan, teachers may try to monitor two important issues: Lesson Variety & Lesson Pacing Variety in lesson delivery and choice of activity will keep the class lively and interested. To vary a lesson, teachers should frequently change the tempo of activities from the fast moving to slow. They can also change the class organization by giving individual tasks, pair work, group work, or full class interaction. Activities should also vary in level of difficulty, some easy and others more demanding. Pace is linked to the speed at which a lesson progresses, as well as to lesson timing. Activities should not be too long or too short. Various techniques for delivering the activities should “Flow together. There should be clear transitions between each activity. Evaluating the plan •Brown (1994) defines evaluation in lesson planning as an assessment that is “formal or informal, that you make after students have sufficient opportunities for learning.
•Ur (1996) says that when evaluating
a lesson, the first and more important criterion is student learning because that is why we have a lesson in the Ur’s criteria for evaluating lesson effectiveness •The class seemed to be learning the material well. •The learners were engaging with the foreign language throughout. •The learners were attentive all the time. •The learners enjoyed the lesson and were motivated. •The learners were active all the time. •The lesson went according to the plan. For further clarification of the success of a lesson, the teachers can ask their students the following four questions: