Course Outline Planning and Preparation
Course Outline Planning and Preparation
Course Outline
Programme: Advanced Diploma in Education
Course Code: EDU61904
Course Title: Undertake Planning for Teaching and Learning.
Duration:60hrs
Purpose:
This course is designed to provide participants with fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes relevant
to effective teaching and learning to enhance classroom practices.
Planning in the curriculum is central to effective instruction. This course aims to equip you with skills in
planning and preparing lessons. Firstly, the course introduces the key elements and steps in lesson
planning. Secondly, it attempts to help you develop competency in the statement of learning intent and in
selecting and using suitable teaching, learning, assessment activities, and resources to deliver lessons
effectively and interestingly. It provides for practice in the design of schemes of work and in planning a
single as well as a series of lessons.
It is anticipated that upon completion of the course, participants will develop initial skills and
competencies necessary for teaching.
Key Outcomes
As a result of their participation in this course, it is anticipated that course participants will be able to:
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11. Critically evaluate their teaching and the effectiveness of the planning and implementation of
their lessons.
Unit content
Unit 1: Concept of Planning and Preparation
Subject/curriculum background
Student background
Other aspects of background factors
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Unit 7: Assessment and Evaluation
Assessment
Item Description Due date Weighting
Item 1 Microteaching Wk 8 40%
Key references Arends, R. I. (2015). Learning to Teach. (10th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
Education. pp. 96-170
Barry, K. & King, L. (1998). Beginning Teaching and Beyond. (3rded). New South Wales, Australia:
Cengage Learning. pp. 45-60
Peter, G., Cole, P. &Chan, L.K.S. (1994). Teaching Principles and Practice. (4thed). London: Routledge.
p.48
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Peter, G., Cole, P. &Chan, L.K.S. (1994). Teaching Principles and Practice. (4thed). London: Routledge.
p.48
Proctor, A., Entwistle, Judge, B. & McKenzie-Murdoch, S. (1995). Learning to Teach in the Primary
Classroom. London, England & New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer. pp. 39-70
Proctor, A., Entwistle, Judge, B. & McKenzie-Murdoch, S. (1995). Learning to Teach in the Primary
Classroom. London, England & New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer. pp. 39-70
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