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Lesson and Unit Planning

. ?Teaching is above all about commanding attention and holding it. That means not just generally motivating students' interests in the subject but capturing and keeping their attention for class."Michael Sandel?Harvard political theorist recognized by Ken Bain in What the Best College Teachers Do

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Lesson and Unit Planning

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    1. Lesson and Unit Planning Innovation and Practical Application Presented at ISANNE New Faculty Conference November 7, 2008

    2. “Teaching is above all about commanding attention and holding it. That means not just generally motivating students’ interests in the subject but capturing and keeping their attention for class.” Michael Sandel—Harvard political theorist recognized by Ken Bain in What the Best College Teachers Do

    3. Agenda: Lesson Planning Schematic Pre-planning: What do students know or need to know prior to a lesson or unit to ensure success? Student prior knowledge is not commensurate with teacher knowledge. What concepts might be seen as stumbling blocks? EX: FOIL Engagement: Can students experience concepts prior to learning in order to engage, motivate, or experience key concepts? Experience: Lab, Problem, Reading. Language Drill, Film, etc. Building Skills and Knowledge: Classroom presentation of concepts: lecture, note-taking, presentation, demonstrations Synthesize/Analyze/Generalize: Students become responsible for their learning through homework, discussion, project work, performance, etc. Demonstration of Learning: Test, Quiz, Lab Report, Paper, Presentation, Student Teaching, Project, etc Transfer: The best teaching occurs when students can use information presented for practical means…can they transfer their learning across disciplines? Can they access this information in the future to problem solve, explore, or glean greater understanding because of the knowledge obtained? .

    4. Begin Here

    5. Pre-planning: (Assessing Prior Knowledge) What are some of the best teaching techniques you experienced as a student? What are some of the worst teaching techniques you experienced as a student? What is your preferred learning style?

    6. Our Thoughts: Many teachers never raise questions they simply give students answers. -Dan Love Many teachers subconsciously teach to their own learning style. -Jen Berry

    7. Engagement: Getting Students Prepared for the Experience and Acquisition of Knowledge Pair Share Best lesson delivery…start to finish. What aspects of the lesson planning contributed to your success? Worst lesson delivery…start to finish. What aspects of the lesson planning detracted from your success?

    8. Experience: What do you want your students to do to experience the content for the day? Apply These Ideas to a Lesson for Next Week: 1) Preplan 2) Engage 3) Experience

    9. Building Skills and/or Knowledge Pre-planning: What do students know or need to know prior to a lesson or unit to ensure success? Student prior knowledge is not commensurate with teacher knowledge. What concepts might be seen as stumbling blocks? EX) FOIL Engagement: Can students experience concepts prior to learning in order to engage, motivate, or experience key concepts? Experience: Lab, Problem, Reading. Language Drill, Film, etc. Building Skills and Knowledge: Classroom presentation of concepts: lecture, note-taking, presentation, demonstrations Synthesize/Analyze/Generalize: Students become responsible for their learning through homework, discussion, project work, performance, etc. Demonstration of Learning: Test, Quiz, Lab Report, Paper, Presentation, Student Teaching, Project, etc Transfer: The best teaching occurs when students can use information presented for practical means…can they transfer their learning across disciplines? Can they access this information in the future to problem solve, explore, or glean greater understanding because of the knowledge obtained? .

    10. Knowledge and Application (synthesize, analyze, generalize) Two Schools of Thought “on one side of the debate, teachers have argued that students cannot learn to think, to analyze, to synthesize, and to make judgments until they ‘know’ the ‘basic facts’ of the discipline. People in this school of thought have tended to emphasize the delivery of information to the exclusion of all other teaching activities. They seldom expect their students to reason.” Ken Bain What The Best College Professors Do

    11. Knowledge and Application (synthesize, analyze, generalize) Two Schools of Thought “…on the other side of that controversy. They believe that students must learn the facts while learning to use them to make decisions about what they understand or what they should do. To them, “learning” makes little sense unless it has some sustained influence on the way the learner subsequently thinks, acts, or feels. Ken Bain What The Best College Professors Do

    12. Synthesize/Analyze/Generalize Students carry their skill and or knowledge acquisition to an assigned task: Homework, Discussion, Project Work, Performances Students link conceptual informational so the concept is not learned in isolation. In your lesson plan for next week, what is your intended outcome for the lesson? How will you link the skill and or concept of the day to the greater unit?

    13. Demonstration of Learning: Assessment of Student Learning Ideally these statements should: Mirror the presentation of information. Appropriate time for this in every lesson. Exceed rote memory Measurably assess the effectiveness of the lesson. Provide choice. Ideas: Exit Ticket; Challenge Problem; Thesis of the Day; Writing Prompt; Generate a Hypothesis; Statement of Concepts Learned.

    14. Transfer: “ The best teachers tend to embed the discipline’s issues in broader concerns. When Dudley Hirschbach teaches chemistry at Harvard, he does so with a combination of science, history and poetry…the lessons on polymers becomes the story of how the development of nylons influenced the outcomes of WWII. He even asks his chemistry students to write poetry while they struggle to comprehend the concepts and ideas that scientists have developed.” Ken Bain, What the Best College Teachers Do The best teaching occurs when students can use information presented for practical means…can they transfer their learning across disciplines? Can they access this information in the future to problem solve, explore, or glean greater understanding because of the knowledge obtained? How is the content personally relevant?

    15. Words of Wisdom Good Teaching By Design… CHAD---the Charter High School for Architecture and Design---founded in 1999 as the country’s first public high school with a design-centered curriculum. The aim was … to use design to teach core academic subjects. They take courses in architecture, industrial design, color theory, and painting. But equally important, the school marries design to math, science, English, social studies, and other subjects. “They’re learning to bring disparate things together to a solution. That’s what designers do, ” says Claire Gallagher, a former architect. “Design is interdisciplinary. We’re producing people who can think holistically.” Daniel Pink A Whole New Mind

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