K: What I already KNOW about this week’s topic
I learnt some SCLA techniques last week like problem based, inquiry-based, case-based, resource-based and game-based learning and some of the ways to apply these techniques in the classroom.
W: What I WANT to learn
I want to learn the different ways and methods of planning an effective lesson and coming up with a lesson plan that makes learning fun yet meaningful.
L: What I LEARNED this week
I have learned many interesting things this week; firstly, I finally learnt how to use skype (after such a long time!) and how to incorporate this ICT tool as a learning aid for the students, especially in times of crisis when the students might not have a chance to come to school physically. Secondly, I learned how to write proper lesson objectives and the things that a good lesson plan should contain. I also had a chance to practice writing lesson plans for a particular topic and my group found that it was not always easy to phase the objectives into proper lesson objectives containing all the ABCD. I also realised this week that the apart from the students’ age, gender, stream, grade and prior knowledge, the past experiences of the students also shape how the students think and learn (behaviourism?).
Q: What QUESTIONS I still have
Has lesson planning become an unhealthy obsession for all Singaporean teachers? A lot of the teachers (especially trainee teachers) I had observed were so obsessed with lesson planning that some of them even stayed up till wee hours of the morning everyday to prepare their lesson plans. Of course lesson plans are extremely useful in the delivery of the lesson but I think such an unhealthy obsession with doing lesson plans might result in burn out of the teacher and might not give them enough time to actually think of how to present the lesson to the students in the best possible way.
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