ED1635 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: 40 Minutes, Australian Curriculum
Mathematics - Tutorial 6 - Week 6
Lesson Planning
Siemon et, al. (2015)
On page 54, Siemon et al. (2015) state that “planning is intimately related to assessment.” What does this
mean?
- “Importantly, planning needs to take account of how the information gained from ongoing assessment
will be used to inform the teaching that follows”
Muir’s 6 Principles of Effective Teaching
- Making connections
Connecting with students and their interests
- Challenge all students
Challenge has to be reachable and attainable
If it is too hard children will not try
If it is too easy, children are not learning
- Teach for conceptual understanding
Understanding the concepts of what they are learning
Now just about the ‘how?’, it is about the ‘why?’
- Purposeful discussion
Talking about what they are learning
Children also get to discuss topic
Purposeful conversation
Related to topic they are doing
- Focus on Mathematics
- Content needs to be focused on maths
1. Positive attitudes
- Teacher needs to have a positive attitude towards their learning
Lesson Plans and Activities
1. Students’ Prior Knowledge:
- You need to know what prior learning the students should have encountered, and what would be
reasonable to expect from your students
- The Western Australian Curriculum is invaluable for this, particularly at this point in your
development.
- Focus on mathematical prior knowledge for this lesson plan.
- List some key questions
2. Lesson Objectives
- These indicate the anticipated outcomes of the lesson and are the observable behaviours which indicate
that learning has occurred.
- The lesson objectives should be written in point form, beginning with a verb and will be evaluated at the
end of the lesson.
- Objectives are the ‘markers’ around which your whole lesson will revolve. If these are not achieved as a
result of your teaching then you can’t really say you have been successful, regardless of what else you
may have achieved.
- For this lesson plan make sure the objectives are mathematical in nature and that you concentrate on 2
or 3 at the most
3. Motivation and Introduction
- How are you going to focus the students (Help them to get to their maths head on?)
- Is the motivation relevant?
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Document Summary
Importantly, planning needs to take account of how the information gained from ongoing assessment will be used to inform the teaching that follows . If it is too hard children will not try. If it is too easy, children are not learning. Understanding the concepts of what they are learning. Now just about the how?", it is about the why?". Teacher needs to have a positive attitude towards their learning: positive attitudes. Lesson plans and activities: students" prior knowledge: You need to know what prior learning the students should have encountered, and what would be reasonable to expect from your students. The western australian curriculum is invaluable for this, particularly at this point in your development. Focus on mathematical prior knowledge for this lesson plan. List some key questions: lesson objectives. These indicate the anticipated outcomes of the lesson and are the observable behaviours which indicate that learning has occurred.