Education: Lesson Planning

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The Importance of Lesson Planning

Lesson planning is important because it is an essential tool creates an optimum learning environment . By the words itself , it serves a guide for teachers in how to conduct their lesson . The essential elements of lesson plan maps out the relevance and importance of each of the learning activities to the learning objectives . Posner (2003 ) reiterates its importance in the implementation of the curriculum . Lesson plans should reflect how

the curriculum goals are to be achieved . It is a comprehensive , cohesive and intensive breakdown of the learning goals into skills and task . Second , it ensures continuity of learning for the subject , as well as the integration of skills and knowledge across the curriculum

Third , it is serves as a tool for evaluation . Evaluation is not just for students . Evaluation should be done in all stakeholders of education . It provides information on the effectiveness and efficiency of methodology materials and instructional approach utilized . Education psychologists assert the study of learning should be scientific and systematic Learning should not merely focus on the output alone but rather the method used as well . Instruction as well the manner that it is delivered has a direct relationship to student performance . It reflects the teachers ' ability , expertise and versatility in terms of lesson delivery . There is a gamut of learning strategies that teachers can utilize . Lesson plans could also become tools for mentoring...