Reflection 1: What is a lesson Plan

A lesson plan is a precisely detailed layout of what will be taught to a class. The instructor will use this lesson plan to direct their course of instruction. It will include the specific goals in areas such as academics, student performance, learning materials, and evaluating student comprehension. The three lesson plan formats are Constructivist, Behaviorist, and Transpersonal lesson plan. The constructivist lesson plan has changed a multiple times over the years, however, now the key elements of this plan is Groupings, Bridge, Situation, Questions, Exhibit, and Reflections. The main points are meant to provoke planning and reflection in teachers regarding how students process information or learn. Instructors develop the element (situation) for students to deifier information. They then select a way to (grouping) student information and materials together. By building a (bridge) between what is already know to a student and what an instructor wants to teach them. This moves the lesson plan towards (questions) that the instructor will see coming thus knowing what to ask, what to answer, and what to explain without giving the away the answer. This encourages students to think or (exhibit) by cooperating with others while (reflecting) on what they have learned. Behaviorist lesson plan was first introduced by educator Madeline Hunter who found that no matter a teacher background if they had a methodical lesson plan it would enhance and maximize the amount of learning in the classroom. There are eight parts to the behaviorist lesson plan. They are Purpose, Anticipatory Set, Input, Modeling , Guided Practice, Checking for Understanding , Independent Practice, and Closure. Transpersonal is another lesson plan that is meant to increase student’s perception of the content of their course of activity as being “real” and important in a way that life is on its own terms and relevant to self satisfying what is perceived and felt needs. The important skills that are emphasized in this lesson plan is to learn about one’s identity, power, connectedness, values of clarification, community skills, group work, role play, co-counseling/peer counseling, assertive training, and achievement in motivation.