Description
Book SynopsisLesson planning is the essential component of every teacher's practice and the development of a teacher's skill is built explicitly on a rigorous approach to planning. This goes beyond just written plans and includes a process of mental preparation, anticipation, rehearsal and performance - all essential elements of the craft of teaching. This book offers heaps of useful advice and key ideas related to planning an effective lesson.
With clear links between the preparation of writing a lesson plan, and the delivery of that lesson plan through your teaching, this book explores:
- Common components of lesson planning including learning objectives, learning outcomes, starters, teaching activities and plenaries
- The lesson plan document: what it can and can't do
- Teaching 'style' and your role in bringing lesson plans to life within your classroom
- Common pitfalls, including time management, over- and under-running, optimum learning time, and activity sequenc
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction
Common Components of a lesson
Lesson Planning Itself
Pedagogy and the Plan: Bringing it to life
Resources for Learning
Differentiation and Personalisation: Valuing Your Pupils
Metaphors for Lesson Planning and Pedagogy
Learning
Assessment and Lesson Planning
Lesson Planning, Medium and Long Term Planning
Differences in Planning in the Primary and Secondary School
Lesson Planning Documentation
Conclusion
References
