Developing Lesson Plans

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Developing Lesson Plans
Brian Parr- The University of Georgia
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Lesson Planning

• Efficient use of time
• Curriculum alignment
• Document systematic approach to instruction

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Steps of Teaching
Evaluation
Application
Presentation
Preparation
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Lesson Plan Importance

• Logical listing of content
• Prevents over/under emphasis
• Content for evaluation
• List equipment/supplies

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OBJECTIVES
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Four Components

• Action/Audience
• Behavior
• Conditions
• Degree

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Behavior

• The behavior statement describes what the
  student is to do
• drill a hole

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Conditions

• Under what circumstances will the task be
  performed
• Some conditions assumed
• given pencil and paper
• Other conditions not assumed
• given a graphing calculator

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Standards

• The criteria used to assess the task
• 90 accuracy
• in three minutes or less
• complete items on the checklist

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Curriculum Alignment

• Focuses instruction to standards
• Show relevance of vocational curriculum to GPS

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• MATERIALS/
• TECHNOLOGY
• (listing of instructional resources as well as
  materials and equipment)

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• PROCEDURE
• (content - strategies, methods, and learning
  activities)

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Three Parts Of The Procedure

• Preparation - getting the student ready
• Presentation - lecture, discussion, demonstration
• Application - what the student does

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Preparation

• Introduce The Lesson
• Link Relate the lesson to something familiar
• personal experience
• relevance to work
• Motivation importance and need, why do we need
  to know this
• Overview present performance objectives

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Selecting The Correct Method

• Based on nature of content to be learned
• Knowledge - discussion
• Skill - demonstration

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Discussion Method

• Students have limited prior knowledge
• Content is primarily cognitive
• Related knowledge stressed
• Outline of content

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Demonstration Method

• Teach manipulative skill
• Steps of procedure used
• Key points stressed

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Every Lesson

• Summary of major points at end of lesson
• Appropriate questions identified in advance

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Application

• Practice provided as part of the lesson
• Reinforced the remainder of the course

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Student Assessment

• If it is important enough to teach it is
  important enough to know it the student has
  learned.
• Determine students ability
• Formal or informal

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