As a trainee you will probably be expected to write a detailed lesson plan for your teaching course. Of course, you want to be prepared, but where do you start, and how should you go about planning lessons throughout your career? Effective teaching, which is crucial for students’ understanding and progression, is supported by effective planning (DfE, 2017). However, lesson planning is not a form-filling exercise – it’s a process of thought and reflection. Planning a lesson should begin with what you want students to learn, rather than what they should do – it should fit into your broader scheme of work, involving the topic you are teaching, the knowledge students already have, and what you want them to take away from the lesson (McGill, 2017). What does this mean in practice? There are a range of options to consider in the planning process that can help to make it efficient and effective for you and your students:
1 Get to know the students you’ll be teaching
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