After examining my use of effective classroom practices through the self-evaluation of current teaching practice worksheet, I identified several areas of teaching that I could improve in. The area that I chose to focus on was “students are carefully orientated to lessons.” Within that broad area I focused on the question if I communicated the objectives of the lesson to all students and checked to see if the students understood the objective. I posed the research question: What will the effect of clearly communicated objectives and expected learning outcomes be on the student mastery of the lesson objective?” By posing this question I expected the students to learn the objective and show mastery of the lesson objective. To help with my action research plan I read several articles about both objectives and lesson plans. The articles discussed the importance of lesson plans and lesson objectives and how to develop effective lesson plans that include objectives. The article written by Pugsley discusses the reason why you should plan and have that plan include an objective. Pugsley states in the article that “objective setting assists in lesson planning because it helps to provide direction and structure to the teaching and in so doing imposes a discipline on the teacher to select the most appropriate content for the session” (Pugsley, 2010). The article also discusses that the lesson objectives you create for the lesson provide a basis for assessing learning. The article by Dunn et al. states the purpose of objectives to know “ when and how mastery can be evidenced” (Dunn, et al., 2010). The article examines the different ways to plan for different outcomes for the same objective to address the different learning style... ... middle of paper ... ...an for the future is to offer a variety of independent practice activities to show mastery of the objective as discussed in Pugsley article. Another idea I have for future lessons is to have the students self evaluate if they feel they understand the lesson objective and if they met the objective thru the activity they completed. From the data collected I will also both verbally state and have the lesson objective visually represented in a way all students can understand it. Students and teachers both benefit from a clearly communicated lesson objective. The objective gives the lesson a common goal that everyone can work towards. That common goal creates better rapport between the teacher and the students and improves the performance of all involved. I will continue to use the action of communicating the objective to students at the beginning of a lesson.
...man states (1960), “In order to effectuate any objective, teachers must develop a set of intermediate objectives, which will provide direction for their efforts in the classroom” (Rose, 126).
behaviors which includes ; defining and communicating shared goals, monitor and provide feedback on the teaching and learning process, and promote school-inclusive professional development. Communicating shared goals encompass activities that emphasis attention to the methodological core of schools. Locke and Latham, (1990) lamented that these goals increase the effort exerted by school members, increase perseverance, and increase the development of schemes which will in turn
I will teach to the objectives and I will teach to the standards. I will make sure that my lessons are hitting on as many standards as possible.
...ve a sense of flexibility in their lesson planning to try to relate to all students in one way or another. This will increase attention and motivation to succeed.
I realized that what you’re teaching is not always the most important part of your classroom. The environment you provide for your students can make or break your classroom. Every single thing you do as a teacher has an impact on your students from asking about their home life to telling them if they don’t pass a test they will fail. Also, I learned that your strategies and the environment you provide go hand and hand. Students will not be able to learn without both working
Objective goals is basically focusing on attaining a specific standard of proficiency for a task. When subjective goals are general statements of intent like,“I really want to win tonight”, it is not measurable or objective. As the new Defensive backs Coach of the 2017 Chicago Vikings(D2 football). I will share with you a few different scenarios that as a coach i have went through so far. As a coach it is my job to get the best out of everyone of my players. For example, coming to this team as the defensive backs coach, it is a ton of work I will be having to put in. The Vikings are coming off a 0-11 season ,with the defensive backs giving up more than 25 passing touchdowns. This can not happen again or I will be out of a job my goals are to set a plan in place that will better my players self-confidence. And introduce them to a solid goal setting plan.. So I have came up with multiple plans to help make sure this will not happen again. Doing all of these activities show that goal-setting is in place at a coaching position, It is vital for the success of the team for all practices and events be coordinated
Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies The lessons contained in this unit of instruction were based upon Madeline Hunter’s Seven Steps of Lesson Plan Formatting. This lesson plan format is a proven effective means for delivering instruction. When designing lessons, the teacher needs to consider these seven elements in a certain order since each element is derived from and has a relationship to previous elements. It should be noted that a lesson plan does not equal one class period.
Evans, D. N. (2006). Models, strategies, and methods for effective teaching. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
The second event is informing the learners of purposes, objectives or goals. It is also a must for teachers to inform students on what they want to teach that day and what their expectations towards their students are. It is still relevance to be applied until now. This second event is important because students need to know what the expectations from their teachers towards them are. In addition, when students know the purposes, objectives or goals...
Over the course of observations, I learned that there is no one way to do anything in teaching. After a few weeks of observing, I was relieved because I thought that I could stop worrying so much about doing the “right” thing with the students. I saw a successful teacher doing, or neglecting to do things that went against what I had been taught. I incorrectly assumed that the choices the teacher made about how to organize the day, approach a lesson, or manage the classroom were mostly a matter of personal preference and that several approaches would produce equally desirable results.
Addressing learning objectives at the beginning of the lesson, referencing learning targets that they have crafted/partially authored, putting into context what they want to learn, further elaborating how what they want to learn relates to the unit learning targets, and reusing the learning target language throughout the lessons helps students to understand how/why the learning targets apply to key concepts and learning activities throughout the lesson. While students will continue to master these learning targets throughout the lessons, they were able to apply their understanding to each learning target when they:
Then, there are the activities, which are the things that the students will do to make the learning more entertaining. The alternative assessments are the assessments that you give to the students that can not complete the task that was originally given to them for one reason or another. Finally, there is the author information. Basically, the author information is just information about the teacher that made the lesson plan, that includes where they teach, what they teach, etc. Goals determine purpose, aim, and reasoning for what teachers and their classes will engage during class time. Goals tell what students will be able to do at the end of units. Goals are general . Objectives determine what students will do to acquire further knowledge and skills. Objectives define the broader goals of lesson plans. Objectives are specific and
I realize that it is extremely important in creating your own educational philosophy if you ever want to be able to have students who are able to learn at their full potentials. It is one thing to just throw a lesson together, but if you don’t understand what aspects of the lesson are causing the students to learn at their full potential, then you really can’t ensure that they will continue to learn at their full potentials since these strategies may not work for all of your lessons or
In the process of completing this coursework, I have realised that every teacher should be all-rounded and equipped with adequate skills of educating others as well as self-learning. As a future educator, we need make sure that our knowledge is always up-to-date and applicable in the process of teaching and learning from time to time. With these skills, we will be able to improvise and improve the lesson and therefore boost the competency of pupils in the process of learning. In the process of planning a lesson, I have changed my perception on lesson planning from the student’s desk to the teacher’s desk. I have taken the responsibility as a teacher to plan a whole 60-minutes lesson with my group members. This coursework has given me an opportunity
The model comprises of four major steps of formulating curriculum objectives from the coarse learning aims, developing strategies of achieving the objectives, practical testing of the curriculum capacity and communicating the curriculum to the stakeholders through the legitimate frameworks. The model allows evaluation at every stage of its development. Moreover, the content, resources and methodology are all derived from the objectives. The chart below shows the Objective Model.