As teachers we have much to consider when planning lessons as well as instructions. Below are some of the initial areas that each teacher needs to think about where in general they are equally important. However, teachers can indicate the priorities between them based on their students' needs. That is why it is important for teachers, especially at the beginnings to write down their thoughts about each factor to help them focus on what is more important in their different situations.
Student consideration: students always should be the main focus for teachers because what teachers know about them individually and as a group can make huge difference in the plan. This range of knowledge can help teachers being able to motivate students, teach them what they need and what accommodations are needed for special students.
Time consideration: time is a main factor for planning where teachers will be able to know the time available for them to assign their explanations, activities, instructions. Thus teachers should know about the holidays, extracurricular activities and give his plan a little more time than needed in case of any interference occurred.
Content considerations: teachers should be aware of the ideas and concepts that are involved in his lesson, the main skills that he need to teach and the main prerequisite skills that students already know to build new knowledge on. It is important also to use the suitable methods for learning a specific content in the best way.
Teacher considerations: this factor is about the level of knowledge that teachers have regarding a certain topic and related materials. Also, what matters is to invest this knowledge for presenting the topics in terms that students will understand.
I very much like the topic specially because we are taking about it in the assessment course with Mrs. Rasha. Also during planning the teacher should take into consideration the students physiological state. Moreover before planning and putting objectives, the teacher should be aware of the Blooms and Anderson's taxonomy and put his/her objectives according to it and having in mind it should be student centered, content centered and performance centered.
ReplyDeleteActually what is happening mostly is caring about coverage. Most teachers consider covering all the content is the most important factor they have to care about. They neglect learners' needs, different styles, strategies... and at the end they complain and say: "this generation doesn't care about learning". In reality, teachers who just care about coverage are those who don't care about teaching and there is no excuse to blame laerners.
ReplyDeleteThe factors you mentioned are so important and at the same intertwined. Only a smart teacher is able to know when to favor one consideration over the other. In the end our main goal should not only be a lesson plan that is sacred and can not be altered, we should always be flexible and keep an eye out for peripheral and accidental learning that in some cases can be more important than the content we aim to teach.
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