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PLANNING LESSONS

PLANNING LESSONS. October 2005 [Dimensions 3.1.1, 3.1.2]. Objectives for this session. To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes To explore the elements of a well structured lesson.

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PLANNING LESSONS

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  1. PLANNING LESSONS October 2005 [Dimensions 3.1.1, 3.1.2]

  2. Objectives for this session • To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work • To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes • To explore the elements of a well structured lesson

  3. PLANNING ELEMENTS LESSON (EPISODE) PLAN: Detailed planning sheet showing all elements of a lesson. LESSON NOTES: Aides memoires Teacher prompt sheets in class: notes, questions, diagrams, etc.

  4. SCHEME OF WORK: Overview of a series of lessons for teaching a topic (outline lesson plans and resources may be included). -OR- Overview of the sequence of topics for a term, a year or a Key Stage. See QCA Schemes of Work for KS3

  5. Progressive planning: Episodes Lessons Topics Scheme of Work

  6. IN THE BEGINNING... TEACHING OBJECTIVES: what the teacher intends pupils to learn WALT - We Are Learning Today LEARNING OUTCOMES: achievement that may be demonstrated by pupils (which you can assess) WILF – What I’m Looking For … Assessment for Learning DfES 0043-2004

  7. Setting teaching objectives and learning outcomes enables • assessment of pupils’ learning • evaluation of teaching

  8. EVERY LESSON HAS A STRUCTURE: INTRO ENDING BODY OF LESSON

  9. ALTERNATIVELY, The centipede model: - a lesson with several ‘segments’:

  10. Head: Introduction • Link to previous lesson OR • Introduce a new topic: link with previous learning • Outline the flow of the lesson: activities and approximate timings • Share learning objectives with group

  11. Main Body of the lesson • Variety of activities • Practical and/or Theory • Challenging but manageable tasks • Differentiation by task or outcome? Extension activities / Support materials • Resources

  12. Tail: Ending Summary and rounding off (plenary): • Check back on achievement of objectives (e.g. Q and A to check understanding) • Set homework (if needed) • Look forward to next lesson

  13. Considerations • pupils’ previous knowledge/experience • your own subject knowledge • concepts/skills to develop • teaching strategies to use • resources available • classroom management • contextual constraints (eg. time of day/term/year)

  14. A lesson plan should include: • pupil information • curriculum information (KS, AT, etc) • opportunities for x-curricular development (literacy, numeracy, key skills, thinking skills, etc) • assessment • resources ….. as well as what you actually intend to do! ***** Subject handbook p 12-13 *****

  15. … after the lesson ... … evaluation is essential: 1. THE GOOD PARTS (celebrate; repeat) 2. THE NOT-SO-GOOD BITS (don’t do it like that again!) • Evaluation notes for ALL teaching (eg annotate lesson plan) • TWICE per week: detailed written evaluation (linked to an ‘agenda’ during SBW)

  16. Further information: • ICT subject handbook, p12-13 • KS3 ICT framework p33-34 • Kennewell, Parkinson & Tanner (2004) Learning to Teach ICT in the Secondary School chs. 4 and 5

  17. Objectives for this session • To understand the difference between lesson plans, lesson notes and schemes of work • To understand teaching objectives and learning outcomes • To explore the elements of a well structured lesson

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