LESSON PLAN

Lesson Plan

NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF LESSON PLAN

          Lesson plan is a plan of action implemented by the teacher in the classroom during instruction. According to Green (1987) “Lesson plan is teacher’s mental and emotional visualization of class room activities”. It is a teacher’s own guide which control his teaching learning process in the class room. As an engineer prepares plan for to build complex, or huge buildings, we have to make a lesson plan for effective teaching. A lesson is defined as a blue print or a plan for transacting a compact portion of the curriculum within the duration of a period.

                  

               AIMS OF THE LESSON PLAN

                

• The lesson plan is expected to show the following things:
• The knowledge that the students have to be carried and new subject –material that they have be taught.
• In the beginning we have the general aims and objectives of the teaching and in particular, aims and objectives of teaching of that subject.
• There is also a statement of experience of the teacher.
• It aims at presenting a systematic knowledge of the subject of the students.

PRINCIPLES OF LESSON PLAN

1. The teacher should prepare a careful but flexible plan.
2. The teacher must have mastery of the content area which items have been selected for the lesson.
3. The teacher must be fully conversant with new method, approach, strategies, techniques and models of teaching and these should be clearly indicated.
4. The teacher must know his pupils thoroughly and organize the materials in a psychological rather than a merely logical fashion.
5. The teacher must ensure active pupil participation.
6. Activities should be taken up during a lesson should be varied.

               STRUCTURE OF THE LESSON PLAN.

          A lesson plan consists a series of actions that we have to perform in the class. It includes Name of the Teacher, Standard and division of lass, Name of lesson and topic, Duration of class, Curricular   objectives, Content objectives, Terms, facts and concepts from the topic. What types of materials we used, various types of teaching aids used,

Teachers’ activities, Students’ activities or responses, concluding activities, finally follow up activity has to given.

FUNCTIONS OF THE LESSON PLAN

Important functions of lesson plan are as follows:

1.      It delimits the field of work of the teacher as also of the students and provides a definite objective for each day’s work

2.      Since the goal is fixed so teacher gets off the track.

3.      It prevents the teacher form going off the track.

4.      It helps the teacher to organise and systematise the learning process.

5.      It helps in avoiding needless repetition.

6.      It helps the teacher to overcome the feeling or nervousness and insecurity. It gives him confidence to face the class.

7.      It provides opportunity to the teacher to think out new ways and means of making the lesson interesting and to introduce thought to provoking questions.

8.      It ensures a definite assignment for class and availability of adequate materials for the lesson.

  

        NEED OF LESSON PLAN

                     

·         A proper planning of lesson is the key to effective teaching.

·         The teacher must know in advance the subject-matter and mode of delivery in the classroom.

·         Plan will give the teacher idea of how to introduce the topic, how to develop the key concepts, how to correlate the concepts to real life situations, and how to conclude the lesson.

CHARECTERISTICS OF A GOOD LESSON PLAN

1. Objectives, particularly specific objectives
2. Thorough analysis of content.
3. Strategies for creating strong motivation
4. Broad frame work of instructional strategies.
5. Selection of appropriate teaching aids.
6. Suggestive list of activities for learners
7. Well thought out items for evaluating learning.
8. Indications regarding effective and sufficient black board work
9. Indication regarding final review.

A good lesson plan reflect teachers’ subject competency, knowledge of educational psychology and theories of learning resourcefulness in formulating learning activities.

       

  IMPORTANCE OF LESSON PLAN.

   

              Lesson plan is expected to perform the following functions.

              

               1. Achievement of definite goals and objectives.

               2. Prevention of wastage.

               3. Self-confidence on the part of the teacher.

               4. Thoroughness and effectives.

               5. Evaluation possible.

                         

FORMAT OF A LESSON PLAN

Name of teacher:                                                                               Division:

Class:                                                                                                Duration:

Subject:                                                                                              Date:

Unit:

Topic:

Curricular objectives Specific objectives Teaching Aids: Previous knowledge: Introduction: Statement of Aim: Presentation:

TEACHER ACTIVITY                                                          STUDENT ACTIVITITY

Recapitulation.

Black Board summary

Home assignment

REFERENCES :-

• Handbook of Educational Technology (3rd ed.), by F. Percival, H.I. Ellington and P. Race; Kogan Page, London, 1993.
• Designing Instructional Systems (2nd ed.), by A.J. Romiszowski; Kogan Page, London, 1988.
• Instructional Technology : Foundations, edited by R.M. Gagné; Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, N.J. USA, 1987
• Educational Technology: Teaching Learning, Dr. Y.K. Singh,    Dr. T.K. Sharma, Dr. Brijesh Upadhya; A P H Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.