Lesson PlanningPutting 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

Learner AnalysisEnvironm

ent &

Experience

Personal Filter

Cognitive StyleLearning StyleIntelligencePsychological VariablesPhysical Variables

How do people learn?

VARKMultiple IntelligencePersonality

Content….

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

Learning Needs• Learning Styles• Teaching Styles• Learning

Disabilities

GapContext Analysis

• Learning Space• Materials i.e books,

computers & interactive board

• Lighting, noise etc.

Goals & Objectives

Goal

Objectives

Procedure – Gange’s 9 Events of Instruction

Assessment/Evaluation• Formative– Determine what the students

understand – PURPOSE: YOU CAN MODIFY

instruction. • Summative– Give the learners a grade. – Usually entails quantitative

analysis. • Report Cards• PSSA• Annual yearly review

GoalStudent Performance

ReflectionFormative 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