Lesson Plan Reflection

Introduction

A lesson plan is defined as a plan that a teacher makes use of for an individual lesson. (Hornby, 2015) Lesson planning is of importance when a stucture of a class needs planning or directing into the right direction. During any educators teaching career they will be assessed by an administrator who will in turn need to assess the lesson given to students as well as the lesson plan, which the educator will need to produce to the administrator before the lesson starts. (Lewis, 2018) A lesson plan is a map that leads an educator to what students need to learn during the lesson he or she presents and how it will be done to achieve effectiveness of a lesson. (Skowron, 2010) This paper will focus on the different aspects of a lesson plan, namely the lesson objectives, context, learning content, strategies, assessment and reflection of a lesson. The main focus will be on every aspect individually as well as the role every aspect has in the planning of a lesson.

1.1. Lesson Objectives

(John, 2007) When considering the lesson objectives of a certain subject or component, an educator should pay attention to the age and abilities of the students to ensure that the lesson is effective and that the students get the most out of the lesson. (John, 2007) Lesson plannning follows an objective-driven approach and therefore the objectives that an educator would like to achieve with students are important and have to be achievable. (Linder, 2010) If the objectives that an educator would like to achieve are not achievable the lesson planning would be a useless process, as lesson objectives leads an educator during the course of a lesson. (Linder,