Lesson Planning & Course Design

We're working towards creating clear, precise and innovative lesson plans using the principles of course design and materials development. We will also look at the way ICT tools can be incorporated into our lesson plans through the activities and materials we create. This is the blog where participants in our session will hold discussions.

Goals and Objectives

      

Do you write goals and objectives for your classes?
Do you think about them, even if you don't write them?
What are the difficulties when writing G&O? 
Why is it so difficult to do, even after years of teaching?

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Video Discussions

We have included a series of videos in our session weekly plans and would like you to discuss them here.

What do you think about them?
What do you think about using videos in your lesson plans?

• A Vision of Today's Students (Week 2)
• The Selfless Teacher (Week 2)
  
• Direct Instruction: Parts I, II, II, and IV (Week 4)

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Introduction to Needs Analysis

Different people have different needs
Some different people have the same needs
Different teachers have different needs
Some different teachers have the same needs
Different students have different needs
Some different students have the same needs

 

What do you understand by planning? What does planning include?

What are your major concerns while planning a lesson?

What does a lesson or a course need to have in order to be labeled as “good”?

What are the characteristics of good teachers?

What is the real reason for the meeting between teaching and learning?

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