One sign of teacher development is the moment when she or he becomes more concerned about how pupils are learning (and how to develop this learning) than about survival during the lesson.
After watching a video about an inexperienced French teacher planning lessons, these were my observations:
Claire was concentrating on how pupils were learning, she planed her lessons to suit different learning styles, set lesson objectives, made pupils set personal objectives and at the end of the lesson she tested the pupils knowledge.
The planning challenges which Claire faced included:
- Time of the lesson (afternoon)
- Lots of different abilities in 1 class
She addressed these problems by making activities energetic and putting students in groups to help those less able. She also made pupils set realistic personal aims which they were to achieve by the end of the lessson.
Claire learnt that planning is easier when you use a mind map - a non-linear way of planning.
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