FEX2162 Chap.7 Lesson Plans, Learning Objectives and Goal Setting
Lesson Plans, Learning Objectives and Goal Setting
Plans are evidence
Two pre-placement sessions are spent on planning, and the task guide requires every full-time BEd student to put every lesson plan into the e-Portfolio in a simple form, with at least two detailed plans prepared for supervised lessons. The plans are therefore part of what is assessed, and the lesson reflection will quote them.
Session four lists the key parts: objectives in knowledge, skills and attitudes; how you will motivate pupils; teaching activities with direct instruction kept to a modest share and an inquiry activity described in enough detail to run; review or summary; conclusion; and follow-up such as homework or an assessment method.
Objectives you can check
Session four asks what pupils should understand or be able to do after the lesson, and suggests drafting general objectives under knowledge, attitudes and skills before making them specific and watching their number and difficulty.
Session five gives an objective three parts: an observable, measurable behaviour, the context in which it happens, and the standard it will be judged against, with three or four prioritised objectives per lesson.
A second lesson-plan template adds prior knowledge, anticipated learning difficulties, resources and a post-lesson reflection, with teaching arranged in three stages.
The first lesson
The pre-placement sessions include writing a script for commencing your first lesson and building a teacher presence.
Signposting language is the practical tool: tell the class the topic, say how many things you will do and number them on the board, point to each as you begin it, and announce each transition.
Goals for yourself
Session five distinguishes goals, the larger ends, from objectives, the smaller observable steps towards them.
It advises starting from your most significant needs, basing goals on your actual situation, avoiding too many kinds of goal at once and being specific, because vague goals produce frustration. Goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound, and the session asks how your goals relate to the three professional roles. The fourth task's action plan is built from exactly these goals.
What this chapter covers
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Why lesson plans are portfolio evidence
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Key parts of a lesson plan
- 03
Objectives in knowledge, skills and attitudes
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Condition, behaviour and criterion
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Anticipated difficulties and the three-stage lesson
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Signposting and the first-lesson script
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Goals against objectives
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SMART goals linked to the three roles
Worked example · free
Rewrite a vague objective and a vague goal
- 3Give the objective a condition, a behaviour and a criterion.
- 3Turn the goal into a SMART objective for the placement.
Key terms
- Learning Objective
- A statement of what pupils should understand or be able to do by the end of a lesson, written so it can be checked.
- Signposting Language
- Phrases that tell pupils the lesson's topic, the number of steps and each transition, so they can follow its route.
- SMART Goal
- A goal that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.
- Anticipated Difficulty
- A lesson-plan field naming where pupils are likely to struggle, which becomes the starting point if the lesson goes wrong.
Lesson Plans, Learning Objectives and Goal Setting FAQ
How many lesson plans go into the portfolio?
The task guide requires full-time BEd students to put every lesson plan into the e-Portfolio in a simple form, plus at least two detailed plans prepared for the supervised lessons. Name them using the file system the guide sets out so they can be found alongside related worksheets and pupil work.
How many objectives should one lesson have?
Session five recommends three or four in priority order, each an observable behaviour with its context and a standard. More than that usually means some objectives have no activity or check behind them, and those are the ones to cut first.
What is the difference between a goal and an objective?
Session five treats goals as the larger ends and objectives as the smaller, observable and measurable steps that lead to them. For your own development, a goal like better questioning becomes useful only when broken into objectives with counts and dates.
Assessment move
Write the plan for your first supervised lesson a week early and check every objective for a condition, a behaviour and a criterion. Then write your first-lesson script with numbered signposts and read it aloud to a classmate. Finally, turn one placement goal into two SMART objectives and give your supporting teacher a way to check them.
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