Planning ahead
Planning my lessons for students is vital. Because I sometimes teach and coach doctoral students, I have one-on-one teaching. Thus, I must plan as to tailor the lesson to most benefit the individual student. Individualizing planning to best fit the need of the student can be essential (McDonald et al., 2010).
Reference
McDonald Connor, C., Ponitz, C., Phillips, B. M., Travis, M., Glasney, S., & Morrisonc, F. J. (2010). First graders' literacy and self-regulation gains: The effect of individualizing student instruction. J Sch Psychol. 48(5): 433–455. J Sch Psychol. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2010.06.003
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Saudia,
So true. If you have an idea of the questions that might be asked in relation to the information provided by the textbook you can support or expand the discussion topic with confidence. This reinforces to your students your role as the learning leader.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
if I plan ahead I can avoid the feeling of not knowing what to expect from information provided in the textbook that may conflict with what I am telling the student. I pays off to plan your lectures ahead of time.
Saudia
Glennda,
Thank you for sharing your perspective as an experienced instructor. This is such good advice for beginning instructors to remember and use as they do their instructional planning as well as delivery.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I agree good planning can make all the difference. I have been teaching a long time, and I have noticed that most of the time, if the lesson does not go well....it is usually directly connected to something I didn't do as well as I should have done.
