Putting it all together!

Lesson Planning Putting it all together!

The Sum is Greater Than Parts

PURPOSE • Day to day lessons that make up a whole – Small piece of a big picture

• Lesson plan – USED for all instruction

WHY Practice Lesson Planning?

At the university you write long plans!

Reality - never have time to do a full lesson plan!

Goal: Planning becomes automatic for any learning crisis!

Anatomy of a Lesson Plan • Some sort of .. (may call it different things)

– Analysis - Learner analysis & Content Analysis – Goals & Objectives – Lesson Procedure – Assessment&evaluation – Reflection – MOST don’t ask, but the BEST part!

• Each of these things can be broken into little parts… Let’s look at the parts

How Learner do people Analysis learn?

Personal Filter VARK Multiple Intelligence Personality

Environment Environment & Experience Experience &

Cognitive Style Content‌.

Learning StyleContent‌.

Intelligence Psychological Variables Physical Variables

Content Analysis • Subject – Discipline • What are the entry skills?

• What does it mean to understand the content?

• What do learners usually understand?

• What are the misconceptions about the content?

Content & Learner Gap Content Analysis • Background knowledge & experience needed

Context Analysis • • •

Learning Space Materials i.e books, computers& interactive board Lighting, noise etc.

Learning Needs • Learning Styles • Teaching Styles • Learning Disabilities

Goals & Objectives

Goal

Objectives

Procedure – Gange’s 9 Events of Instruction

Assessment/Evaluation • Formative

– Determine what the students understand – PURPOSE: YOU CAN MODIFY instruction.

Student Performance

• Summative Goal

– Give the learners a grade.

– Usually entails quantitative analysis.

• Report Cards • PSSA • Annual yearly review

Reflection Formative Assessment Instructor Reflection

• What worked?

• How do I know it worked?

• What did not work?

• How do I know it did not work?

• How can I make the lesson reach more students?

• Who did I not reach?

• Who or what can help me to improve?

IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING!

Review • Which part of the lesson planning process encourages the instructor to be proactive create positive learning experiences for students?

– Summative Evaluation – Gaining students attention – Learner analysis

Review • Which part of the lesson planning process encourages the instructor to create a proactive positive learning experiences for students?

– Summative Evaluation – Gaining students attention – Learner analysis

Review • Which part of the lesson planning process makes instructors better instructors?

– Summative Evaluation – Formative Evaluation – Formative Evaluation + Reflection

Review • Which part of the lesson planning process makes instructors better instructors?

– Summative Evaluation – Formative Evaluation – Formative Evaluation + Reflection

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