Reflection On Teaching ENG
Reflection On Teaching ENG
Think back to a lesson you've very recently carried out. Refresh your memory by
reading back through any plans, and notes or other material about the lesson you may
have - for example, in your Reflective Journal.
Do a short but searching review of that lesson by thinking about its success and/or its
shortcomings. Think in terms of three very different teaching and learning issues:
1. Participation
How far had you allowed time in your plan for learner participation?
Did you accommodate:
a) formal participation - actually allowing time for learners to have an active role in the
lesson, say as reporter, presenter, critic or respondent?
b) informal participation - e.g. spontaneous questions, searches for clarification,
inspired ideas which spark off discussion, further instruction or reinforcement.
2. Differentiation
How far had you planned to provide learners with different needs and abilities a chance to
be involved and successful?
Through differentiation one can enable learners to build on their success and protect
them from a sense of failure.
3. Use of resources
Very few teachers have all the staff, equipment and teaching aids they'd like. But given
what was available to you, could you have used your resources more effectively?
POINTS TO CONSIDER
This diagram shows you the points to consider for successful lesson planning.
OUTCOMES AND What are we trying to do? Write out outcomes and objectives
OBJECTIVES
ENVISAGING What will I do? Specify teacher activities
What will they do?
METHODS What will be the most Select most effective learning
effective learning methods? methods
RESOURCES AND What equipment and visual List materials you will produce and
MATERIALS aids will I need? equipment needed