After watching the video and comparing and contrasting the views of others with
yours, what do you think are the ingredients of a good lesson?
From the video I would
say that a good lesson consists of three key elements:
Preparation
Planning, well
organised, subject knowledge, well informed teachers, resources, reliability
(clarity, well evidenced, well thought through)
Learning
Students understanding
of expectation of lesson, objectives, clarity of outcomes - what do we want to
achieve? Pulled together at the end - what have we learnt? Learning is assessed
and reviewed
Appropriately selected
visible learning methods - making the learning process explicit with the
teacher as an enabler
Engagement
Passionate teachers that
interest pupils, if not then teacher can engage because of subject knowledge,
engaging content that connects with the real world, challenge and element of
surprise- blow your mind, take you somewhere else, use your senses, unpredictability
to avoid a 'sanitised' learning environment.
I particularly liked the
idea that a good lesson makes a difference, has an impact and is a social
process where students take mutual responsibility for the learning of
themselves and others.
Another element that I
would perhaps add to this list is this pastoral aspect of teaching. Students,
particular those from deprived backgrounds, often rely on their subject
teachers for emotional support and, whilst it might be possible to recognise a
positive learning environment during an observation, it is not always possible
to recognise the extent to which a teacher might be supporting a student beyond
the curriculum.
I think that I
personally spend quite a lot of time of the first two elements and sometimes
struggle to incorporate the third element - engagement. I think this is
something that I need to seek the advice of other members of my department on
and by modelling this encourage them to do the same for their weaker areas in
teaching and learning.
How can you develop a shared understanding of what
makes a good lesson across your team?
ACTION POINTS:
1.
Ask my team what they think a good lesson looks
like and them compare to my answer above
2.
Get our team to work together and go into
lessons to 'talent spot' and see what makes a good lesson
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