July 25
Ch. 9 & 10Norris again cites Vella as enlightening her to the seven steps to planning a workshop or class.
The answer to these questions lead the way to creating a learner centered class. Here are the steps:
1. Who-find out who your participants are?
2. Why- What the learners need and why?
3. When-Date and time of program.
4. Where- What is the location? What does the training space offer?
5. What-You name what skill, knowledge is to be taught, and what sequence it will be taught.
6. What for-a written learning objective using action verbs.
7. How-How will this lesson be designed so that the learners will have achieved the objectives set out for them?
There is a lot more detailed explanation in this book about lesson design. After examining my own lesson planning skills, I think I can take something away from Norris’ book and that is to spell out what you want students to learn. Of course if you are teaching daily this gets tedious, but I think revisiting learning objectives and even writing them on the board is a great way to “keep your eye on the prize.”
Do you think this list is simple enough to pass on to new instructors without other info yet still thorough enough to touch on everything? Are they talking about doing this for every session/module as well as the course as a whole?
ReplyDeleteIt seemed more geared to training sessions, a one time or shortened learning session. I think for a classroom you would definitely change this up because you know your learners better than a trainer that meets them one time. Thanks for your comments!
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