Reflection on the lesson planning proposal and crtiquing process.

Lesson Planning Proposal

1. The specific instructional objectives forma critical part of any lesson plan as they would dictate how the lesson will flow and what the students need to be able to perform at the end of the lesson.

2. The assessment portion of the lesson plan must be aligned with the SIOs provided and structured in a proper manner to allow accurate assessment of the students’ abilities.

3. The story line has to be fun and interesting in order to capture the attention of the students. It is best not to over-use a type of story or plot in the lesson plan, e.g. crime scene investigation, etc…

4. The incorporation of ICT tools has to be secondary to the lesson objectives. The ICT tool only serve to help the lesson objectives and it is not the main focus of the lesson plan.

5. Storyboarding is an important process as it helps others to be aware of the thought processes of the author of the lesson package.

6. The teachers’ role in the lessons are mostly peripheral; most of the work is done before the lesson and the teacher only serves as a guide and facilitator during the lesson.

Critiquing Process (peer)

1. The critiquing process is important as it helps to incorporate new ideas into the lesson package or to improve existing ones.

Critiquing Process (Dr Ashley Tan)

1. It was a very enriching meeting with Dr Tan as he helped us to focus our attention to the necessary areas rather then spend a lot of time on the parts that are not student-centred.

2. We had a better idea of what the lesson package was going to about and saved a lot of time by cutting out on the redundant portions of our lesson packages.