Lesson plan-Meaning, Steps and Importance

 Lesson plan meaning and steps

      Lesson plan is a plan of proposed classroom transaction by the teacher. Lesson planning is the visualizing of class room learning experiences to be provided by the teacher well in advance for achieving desired objectives with in the given time frame.

Steps of lesson planning:

1. Select an appropriate unit of subject matter or topic.
2. Develop subject matter.
3. Annalise the subject matter into major concepts and the sub concepts, principles and skills.
4. Prepare and collect appropriate learning materials/aids.
5. Select the most appropriate motivational contexts.
6. Arrange the learning experiences in a logical order and in preferred approach, technique or for the method.
7. Decide the contexts/techniques for review and summarization of the learning outcomes.
8. Consider and select supplementary materials and activities for providing the assignments to the students.
9. Budget the time devoted to different phases of the lesson.
10. Select appropriate tools and technique for the evaluation of the desired learning outcomes.

Importance of lesson plan

1. It helps the teacher to delimit the learning experiences.

2. The lesson plan helps the teacher to specify what to teach, how  to teach, how much to teach, how to create interest among pupils, how to transect the learning experiences, what are the audiovisual aids to be used and mode of evaluation to be done in the class room.

3. Lesson plan helps the teacher to improve two ways interaction between the teacher and the pupils and there by achieve better pupil participation during the lesson.

4. It helps the teacher to eliminate any possible confusion in the classroom and there by

 Create healthy learning climate.

1. It helps the teacher to remove un-necessary activities and unnecessary repetitions in the class.

2. As everything planned well in advance, the teacher entertains no fear. He gains full confidence in facing the class.

3. Lesson plan helps the teacher to organize and cover the subject matter in time. There will be no wastage of time as his efforts will be judiciously done in time.

4. It helps the teacher to have effective and continuous evaluation of learning outcome and to provide immediate feedback to pupils.

5. Lesson plan helps the teacher to sequence the learning activities according to preferred approaches, techniques and methods.