Week+4

=__Lesson Planning__=

I think, like most people, I really liked how today's lecture had a real practical relevance and purpose. The lesson plan is very clear, comprehensive and easy to understand. My only concern is that having no experience with primary school children, I have no idea how long they will need/take for certain tasks and parts of the lesson. But I'll soon find out! This is the first time I've seen a lesson plan that doesn't factor in time. Although it's not always possible to stick exactly to the times planned for each part of the lesson, I feel that this is an important part of planning. You want to have an idea of how long things will take so you can get through all parts of the lesson and have enough time to sum up and provide feedback. In my limited experience of teaching so far, I have found good planning to be absolutely essential and having a clear learning purpose is absolutely crucial as it really makes you focus and things become a lot clearer!

Likewise, the example of Bloom's taxonomy of questioning applied to the the story of 'the three little pigs' [|(http://teachertools.londongt.org/index.php?page=questioningTechniques)] really made it clear how to develop and push students learning and understanding.

Helen