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No matter what content or subject you're teaching, having a lesson plan prepares you for class by providing a clear outline for the day. Your lesson plans don't need to be complex or lengthy - they just need to contain elements about what you're teaching, how you're going to be teaching this material, and what goals and objectives you want your students to meet as part of the curriculum.

Regardless of the sections within a lesson plan, each class you teach should build on the previous lesson and move seamlessly into the next. Of course, it's easier to build lesson plans that flow from class to class when you know what goes into creating one!

4 advantages of building a lesson plan

In any class, there are going to be things that you can't predict. But the more prepared you are, the easier it will be to adapt to the unexpected so you can effectively teach and respond to your students. Here are some of the main benefits of lesson plans:

1. Inspire personal confidence

Having a lesson plan lets you stay in control of the class and the lesson. As your confidence comes across to students, you'll find it easier to keep them focused and on track.

2. Evaluate your own lessons

Lesson plans allow you to evaluate your own teaching performance as you compare your methods with the plan you've prepared. This is a good way to make adjustments to your teaching style and/or techniques.

3. Organization

Lesson plans help you think in an organized manner, visualizing each step of the outline as you work from one concept to the next. A disorganized class presents too many opportunities for students to get off task and misbehave.

4. A guide for substitute teachers

With your lesson plan as a guide, substitute teachers will know exactly what your students are learning that day, making it easier for them to stay on track to meet any curriculum objectives that are set for your class.

The components of a great lesson plan

While there's no single way to create a lesson plan, there are some important components that go into building each one.

Every lesson that you build is an entire segment that you create to teach your students something new. As you build a lesson it's important to keep all your students in mind and ask the following essential questions before you begin:

Who are your students?

This may seem silly - of course, you know who your students are ... right? Before you can write an effective lesson plan, you need to really know your students. This includes information such as their interests, ability levels, whether they work better independently or in groups, any special needs that may require lesson tweaks, and their backgrounds. Knowing their learning preferences can also be helpful - some students learn better with visual aids, while others do better as auditory learners. You can incorporate videos to appeal to both kinds of learners!

What do your students already know?

Knowing your students' prior knowledge of a subject can help you plan lessons. If you've been building lesson plans all along to follow a curriculum, you'll already know what you've previously presented to your students; this allows you to continue with the flow.

What's the best way to get them to learn?

Determine the best ways to get your students to learn. Younger students may do well with a lot of interactive teaching, while an older class may do better with a lecture and slideshow. After the first few classes, you'll have a better idea of how to keep your students engaged.

You can break down the teaching techniques that you can use in your lesson plan into:

The types of students you have in your class; including auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners.

The type of learning and goals you're aiming for. As an exercise, fill in this blank: "By the end of today's class, I'm hoping my students will have learned or be able to ___."

The resources, materials, and teaching environment that are available to you, such as a classroom, a field trip, or selected readings in a study hall.

Steps to building your lesson plan

Once you've identified the components that need to go into teaching your class, you're ready to use these eight steps to build your lesson plan:

1. Identify the objectives

To build a lesson, you first need to identify the objectives of each class. What do you hope to accomplish by the end of the period? Are there specific things that your students should know or be able to do? If you're teaching younger students, a lesson objective may be that they're able to identify animals that live in the rainforest after reading a chapter about animals in Brazil. For older students, this goal may involve having learned how to solve algebraic equations.

2. Determine the needs of your students

With this particular lesson, are you introducing new material or reviewing what you've already taught in a previous class? At the start of the class, be sure to let students know what to expect so they can stay focused on meeting your objectives. When reviewing material, some of your students may need more encouragement than others. Identifying these needs in your lesson plan will help you prepare.

3. Plan your resources and materials

Make a list of the resources and materials you'll need to teach this lesson, such as paper, pens, and rulers. Don't forget to include technology resources in your plan when appropriate - laptops, and gamified learning tools, like apps or educational websites.

4. Engage your students

What's the point of a lesson if your students aren't engaged? You want them to be interested in what you're teaching. Thus, to prepare, you need to get them interested in what this lesson is all about. Give them an outline of what you're going to be presenting. Then, introduce the subject more informally. For example, if you're teaching students a formula, try deriving it from scratch to build their intuition for where it comes from. Or, if you're discussing certain historical events, try to draw parallels between those and any current events so students can relate to the material.

5. Instruct and present information

Once you've set the stage for what you'll be teaching, it's time to present the information to your students. This is the time to instruct and use whatever resources you've included in your lesson plan. Involve your students in the process whenever possible so they're engaged. For example, you could ask students to come to the board and solve certain problems or answer questions.

Whether it's reading from a book, using props such as blocks for younger students, or displaying graphics on the screen for older students, it's all about presenting information and concepts in a meaningful way. Don't forget to account for the different learning styles of your students so you can use teaching methods that work for everyone.

6. Allow time for student practice

After teaching new material, leave time for students to practice. There are three practice methods that, when worked in order, are a good way to reinforce what you've just taught:

Guided practice - With a guided practice you're taking students back through what they've just learned, letting them add their own input as they gain confidence with the new information.

Collaborative process - With partners or in a group, the collaborative process is all about students talking with their peers as they explore these new concepts. Circulate among your class and offer additional instruction or help when needed to clarify points.

Independent practice - After the collaborative practice, it's time for students to practice what they've learned on their own. Adapt independent practice according to the material you've just presented, such as using worksheets or having students write a short essay.

7. Ending the lesson

Finish the lesson with a quick wrap-up. Do a brief overview of the lesson, including the main concepts the class learned. Ask students to identify the key ideas as a refresher, and leave them with a preview of the next lesson so they know what to expect.

8. Evaluate the lesson

Did you achieve your learning objectives? Provide students with the opportunity to show they know the material by using a short quiz or test. Depending on the results, your next lesson plan may include a review of information before moving on to new material.

Sample lesson plan template

You can find many teacher lesson plan templates online. You could even ask your colleagues to share their format! The lesson plan template included here is easy to use and you can adapt it to your own needs.
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1. 1. TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND METHODS

2. 2.  Brainstorming  Problem Solving Method  Computer assisted learning(CAI)  Programmed learning

3. 3. BRAINSTORMING:  Brainstorming is a group creativity technique that was designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution of a problem.  It is particularly helpful when you need to break out of stale, established patterns of thinking, so that you can develop new ways of looking at things.  This can be when you need to develop new opportunities, where you want to improve the service that you offer, or when existing approaches just aren't giving you the results you want.

4. 4.  Used with your team, it helps you bring the experience of all team members into play during problem solving  There are four basic rules in brainstorming. These are intended to reduce the social inhibitions that occur in groups and therefore stimulate the generation of new ideas.  The expected result is a dynamic synergy that will dramatically increase the creativity of the group.

5. 5. Problem Solving Method:

6. 6. OBJECTIVES  This method helps students to gain the ability of scientific problem solving and using it in the every area of life.  Whit this method,teachers aim is to raise a youth which can solve problems in scientific way not just creating problems.

7. 7. WHAT IS PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD?  Problem solving is a process to choose and use the effective and benefical tool and behaviours among the different potentialities to reach the target.  It contains scientific method,critical thinking,taking decision,examining and reflective thinking.  This method is used in the process of solving a problem to generalize or to make synthesis.

8. 8. STEPS OF PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS 1-Choosing the topic and emergence of problem. 2-Delimitation of the problem. 3-Planning the application. 4-Preparing the working guide. 5-Providing the sources. 6-Examining the problem. 7-Getting a conclusion. 8-Disputating the topics,views and findings.

9. 9. ADVANTAGES OF PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD  It provides the active participation of the students in teaching-learning activity.  It habituates student to study regularly and organized.  It provides students o gain scientific view and thinking.  It makes students to be interested in learning.  It helps to improve the sense of responsibility of students.  It provides students to face the problems boldly and to deal with it in a scientific approach.

10. 10.  It helps students to adopt the view of benefit from others ideas and to help each other.  It predicates the learning to a more logical and doughty foundation.  It improves the ability of making proposes and putting forward the hypothesis.  It helps students to adopt the idea of not to be hurry to make a decision.

11. 11. DISADVANTAGES OF PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD  It takes too much time.  It is not possible to apply this method to all disciplines.  It can load some worldly burdensomes to students.  It can be diffucult for students to provide the materials and sources which is required for solving the problem.  Evaluating the learning can be difficult.

12. 12. TECHNIQUES USED IN PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD A) INDUCTION It is like teaching with discovering method.Cases are observed carefully.The similarities and dissimilarities are found.Then you can reach the general rule or law with the techniques "generalization" or "making abstract" from the similarities.

13. 13. B) DEDUCTION It is reverse of induction technique.Some general laws and rules which are reached before are given to the students and want them to apply this method to different singular case.The convenience of it to the one of the case is controlled mentally.

14. 14. Computer Assisted Learning CAI

15. 15. What is Computer Assisted Learning? Computer-assisted learning (CAL) is an approach to teaching and learning in which computer technology is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substantial interactive element.

16. 16. Traditional Teaching vs. CAL  The traditional teaching environment is a classroom: a single teacher giving lectures to a group of students who are expected to use their notes and textbook to prepare for periodic examinations and demonstrate their mastery of the subject.  The use of computers in education shifts the focus away from the teacher to the students themselves who learn through experimentation on the computer with the teacher acting only as a guide. Difference between traditional classroom learning and Computer Assisted Learning

17. 17. Traditional Teaching vs. CAL Differences between traditional classroom learning and Computer Assisted Learning

18. 18. Advantages of CAL  It involves any student actively in the learning process.  It allows the learner to proceed at his own pace.  Reinforcement of learning in such situations is immediate and systematized.  The use of computers in this manner frees faculty members or training coordinators to devote more time to the personal, human considerations of their students.  CAL is very useful in the realm of remedial education.

19. 19. Disadvantages of CAL  The need for teachers and training directors to move from accepted methods that work to a new and relatively untried method.  The diversity of computing hardware and CAL languages compete with little apparent coordination from professionals in the educational world.  The cost of hardware, CAL course materials (courseware), and individuals to help implement the process.

20. 20. Programmed learning  Programmed learning, educational technique characterized by self-paced, self-administered instruction presented in logical sequence and with much repetition of concepts. Programmed learning received its major impetus from the work done in the mid-1950s by the American behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner and is based on the theory that learning in many areas is best accomplished by small, incremental steps with immediate reinforcement, or reward, for the learner. This technique can be applied through texts, so-called teaching machines, and computer-assisted-instruction. No matter what the medium, two basic types of programming are used: linear, or straight-line programming, and branching programming.

21. 21. Linear programming immediately reinforces student responses that approach the learning goal. Responses that do not lead toward the goal go unreinforced. Each bit of learning is presented in a "frame," and a student who has made a correct response proceeds to the next frame. All students work through the same sequence, and a low rate of error is necessary to ensure continued positive reinforcement of correct responses.

22. 22. Branching, or intrinsic, programming, was initially developed in conjunction with the use of an electronic training device for military personnel. This technique provides the student a piece of information, presents a situation requiring a multiple choice or recognition response, and on the basis of that choice instructs the student to proceed to another frame, where he or she learns if the choice was correct, and if not, why not. A student who responded incorrectly will either be returned to the original frame, or routed through a subprogram designed to remedy the deficiency indicated by the wrong choice. A student who selects correctly advances to the next frame in the program. This process is repeated at each step throughout the program, and a student may be exposed to differing amounts of material depending upon errors made.

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education is the mode of education that use information and communications technology to support, enhance, and optimise the delivery of information.

Worldwide research has shown that ICT can lead to an improved student learning and better teaching methods. A report made by the National Institute of Multimedia Education in Japan, proved that an increase in the use of ICT in education with integrating technology to the curriculum has a significant and positive impact on students' achievements. The results specifically showed that the students who are continuously exposed to technology through education has better 'knowledge', presentation skills, innovative capabilities, and are ready to take more efforts into learning as compared to their counterparts.

New trends

Introducing ICT into education is the answer for those who ask; ' how can we increase the reach of our institution, to a larger number of students?.'

The Mobile learning (m ‐learning) as a form of e ‐learning is a rising trend where the education has outgrown the physical constraints of the classrooms and acquired mobility. Students access information whenever and wherever they want, and institutions that provides such advanced technological terrains is rising in number day by day.

Various devices/technology in ICT includes:

Also, the rising number of Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) like the coursera, khan academy, and edx tells us that there is a huge demand for off-the-classroom learning facilities. The future of our institutions will depend on whether or not they can satisfy those needs.

Why measure ICT in education?

Policy ‐makers accepts that ICT in education can help the students to compete in the global economy by being part of a skilled workforce and facilitate social mobility by:

Enhancing learning experiences and providing new sets of skills,

Reaching more students with Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs),

Facilitating the training of faculties,

Minimising costs and saving time associated with information delivery and automating regular day-to-day tasks,

Improving the administration of institutions to enhance the quality and efficiency of service delivery.

According to UNESCO, "Measuring ICT in education is therefore important to inform policy makers in setting national priorities and developing ICT in education policy."

The movement of education industry towards quality assurance programs has been picking up pace and the NAAC and NBA accreditation are evidence for that. These certifications are bound to become the norms for selecting institutions by students and the government is already taking measures to assure high quality education. Also, more and more institutions are applying for accreditation every day to imply that the education they provide is of high quality.

One way to improve the quality of education is to make use of efficient technology in an institution. This will open up more opportunities for the teachers and students as well.

Online interactions would facilitate learning without time constrains and it will be much more easier to conduct assessments and generate reports, since the necessary information doesn't have to be manually handled.

All these would result in flexible and considerably smoother learning environment and this would facilitate better results, and the accreditations too.

National Award For Teachers Using ICT For Innovation In Education

To promote and improve the digital culture in schools and colleges, the government has instituted the National Award for innovative use of ICT to motivate the Teachers and educators for innovative use of ICT in teaching-learning.

To summarize, enabling ICT in education, and making use of technology in education creates an easy-to-manage learning environment where the delivery of information is so much smoother and the learning easier.

Also, ICT is definitely the path to take for institutions, especially in countries like ours, as our growth is directly aligned with technology and the field of education is no exception. And assuring higher quality education for its students will define whether the institution should move forward or perish.

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Your Guide to the Top Teaching Methodologies in Primary School

In this article we have listed and made a review of the most popular approaches that might be useful for teachers.

The list of teaching methodologies you could use with elementary-aged students is a long one. An approach effective for one teacher may not necessarily be useful for another because every method uses different tools and techniques for achieving common educational goals. That's why many teachers try to extract some ideas from different approaches, mixing and incorporating them into one unique teaching approach depending on the students' and school's needs and other circumstances.

Besides that, keep in mind that no matter which of the methods listed below a teacher chooses, nowadays it seems quite difficult to implement any approach without relying on technology. That is one of the reasons why Happy Numbers was created: to help teachers incorporate their ideas into one digitally-guided learning experience and let students benefit from it, without losing their interest.

Are you ready to learn more about some of the best methods of teaching? Check out our list and analysis below to learn which methods have the research to back them up:

List Of Teaching Methods

1. Teacher-Centered Instruction

Recognized as the most conventional approach, the teacher-centered methodology is based on the idea that the teacher has the main responsibility in the learning environment. Teachers are in charge of the classroom and direct all activities. Typically, in this approach, students are seated at individual desks that face the teacher. While group work may take place, most classroom time is spent with the teacher explaining concepts and assigning individual work. In other words, students passively absorb the information while the teacher actively delivers it.

This and other comparativist theories developed and proven by many scientists are described and analyzed in "A Comparison of Teacher-Centered and Student-Centered Approaches in Educational Settings" article.

2. Small Group Instruction

Small group instruction (SGI) usually follows whole group instruction and provides students with a reduced student-teacher ratio, typically in groups of four to six students. SGI allows teachers to work more closely with each student on a specific learning objective, reinforce skills learned in whole group instruction, and check for student understanding. This teaching method is based on constant activities around workstations: groups working with the teacher and groups working independently on varied activities, such as using manipulatives or computer/online resources.

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Speaking of digital resources, they have been showing their huge potential lately, and Happy Numbers is no exception. The platform has been effectively used by many experienced teachers to improve their small group instructional techniques. The Happy Numbers curriculum perfectly integrates the main principles of the approach and helps teachers to plan their lessons accordingly.

Happy Numbers meets each student's individual needs, provides direct instruction, and always keeps them in their zone of proximal development, which allows them to independently close learning gaps. Moreover, its digital framework keeps students engaged throughout the whole course, letting them work independently and carefully monitoring their progress.

Advantages:
1. Lessons are adapted to each student's level. This allows teachers to provide targeted, differentiated instruction to small groups of students in a natural way. It helps the instructor to more closely evaluate what each student is capable of and construct strategic plans around the assessments.
2. It promotes students' social adaptation skills. Students who find it difficult to ask questions and participate in a large group setting may benefit from working in a small group setting, where they feel more at ease and less overwhelmed.

Disadvantages:
1. It takes more time and effort to prepare materials and organize workstations for each student group. Teachers need to think through each type of activity that will be provided at workstations: they should be equally engaging and effective.
2. Students might feel pressure to always be involved, always contributing to lessons, and always taking some kind of role in group work.

3. Student-Centered / Constructivist Approach

As we consider shifting the focus from teacher to students, the rest of the approaches from this list are considered to be student-centered or constructivist. With the development of the educational sphere and society in general, the idea of a student-centered approach has become more popular, and there are good reasons for that. Student-centered classrooms include students in planning, implementation, and assessments. Involving the learners in these decisions places more responsibility and ownership on them rather than on the teacher. Also, teachers must become comfortable with changing their leadership style from directive to consultative. Meanwhile, students may work in small groups, access centers, and move about the classroom freely.

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Advantages:
1. Students play a more active role in their learning and develop a sense of responsibility.
2. Thanks to teachers avoiding transmission of knowledge directly, students have a chance to stimulate their analytical thinking, by "making sense of what they are learning by relating it to prior knowledge and by discussing it with others," according to American educational psychologist J. Brophy.

Disadvantages:
1. There is a risk of facing some behavioral problems by giving students independence, especially when it comes to young children. To avoid such problems, teachers must lay a groundwork by creating a model of correct behavior: having the freedom to do what you want means being ready to take responsibility for the process and the results.
2. This method works best when the instructor makes the lesson interesting. Without this, students may get bored, their minds may wander, and they may miss key information.

The student-centered approach can be difficult for teachers to master or perfect, and it doesn´t always guarantee a 100% outcome. However, the results can be very positive if teachers still employ the approach partially, blending these techniques with other types of lessons.

4. Project-Based Learning

A relatively new teaching method, project-based learning falls within the student-centered approach. As the name suggests, in project-based learning students complete projects. However, these are big, meaty projects in which students acquire knowledge, research, think critically, evaluate, analyze, make decisions, collaborate, and more.

Typically, projects are created in response to an open-ended question such as "How can our school be greener?" or "How was our city planned in the past and how could it be planned in the future?" Another important part of the projects is that they relate to real-world problems. The projects shouldn't just apply to the classroom but have an impact, too. For example, students might make a radio show for the whole school to hear. Or, they might write a letter to the town council and attend a meeting to express an opinion.

5. Montessori

This type of teaching is based on a methodology that's over 100 years old. Yet, it continues to offer a novel approach to creating a student-centered classroom.

Today, the Montessori method is most popular in preschools, kindergartens, and lower elementary grades. In this method, the teacher prepares an ideal classroom environment full of activities that children may pick from to work on. Moreover, the teacher guides the children to ensure that they choose an adequate number of lessons from all of the subject areas.

The Montessori method also encourages the use of "materials" or carefully curated objects designed for learning. For example, there are trays containing different types of triangles or cards with definitions explaining the parts of a bird. Furthermore, the Montessori method includes areas of the curriculum that teach social skills and practical life skills, such as cooking and cleaning.

Here's a good scientific review written by Chloë Marshal l, one of the researchers of University College London, in which she describes Montessori education's effectiveness and key elements of it that are shared with other educational methods for those who are interested and want to start implementing it into their teaching.

6. Inquiry-Based Learning

What if learning was question-driven? This is exactly what inquiry -based learning is about: it engages students by making real-world connections through exploration and high-level questioning.

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Advantages:
1. Teachers guide students to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. To learn these skills, the teacher helps students think through their processes, teaches them possible approaches, and encourages them to try various methods.
2. Students are encouraged to fail as a part of the process and then improve their performance in subsequent activities.
3. Instead of repeating answers students have been taught, students learn to seek their own answers to questions. So, students develop strong research skills.

Still, one may find some useful techniques and ideas of inquiry-based learning for carefully implementing them into the lesson and benefiting from them, as the approach gives a lot of opportunities to promote students' problem solving abilities

7. Flipped Classroom

The concept of delivering online lectures that students can view from home to substitute lecturing in the classroom is known as flipped learning. The letters FLIP represent the four pillars included in this type of learning: Flexible environment, Learning culture shift, Intentional content, and Professional educator. This technique, in theory, allows for more time in class to be devoted to active learning rather than instruction.

Disadvantages:
1. It is difficult to implement: unequal access to technological resources disadvantages certain populations.
2. Being based mostly on auditory perception of students, it leads to less effective comprehension.
3. It depends highly on students' compliance: the approach assumes that students will complete the out-of-class preparation and always be prepared for participation in class. There's a risk though that not all students will always be prepared for the lesson.

Multiple case studies prove that the positive effect of this method outweighs shortcomings that may be easily avoided through the use of a partially flipped classroom. We're sure that teachers are likely to find some useful techniques of flipped learning and incorporate them into their own lessons.

8. Cooperative Learning

As the name suggests, cooperative learning involves a lot of group work. However, it also requires a lot of structure and intervention on the part of the teacher to make learning as effective as possible. Some commonly used cooperative learning strategies include "think-pair-share." Discussions in small groups or pairs can also be effective, as can a "jigsaw" approach. In the jigsaw model, students are broken into small groups to read or learn from a certain perspective. Then, changing their groups, members spread the information and share it with others.

Advantages:
1. It improves social skills through cooperative work, recreating real-world work situations in which collaboration and cooperation are required. One of the most vivid results of cooperative learning is described in American psychologist and professor of the John Hopkins University Robert E. Slavin's essential work "Cooperative learning: Theory, Research, and Practice".
2. It improves critical thinking: during the group work process, students will express their opinions or ideas with the other students in the group providing feedback. This feedback to each student will include critique as well as the interpretation of the opinions or ideas expressed.

Disadvantages:
1. There may be difficulties with distributing social roles among group members and, as a result, the detachment of one student from the group. There are risks of possible conflicts between group members, which demands more attention from the teacher.
2. Students working in the same group may have different speeds of learning.

9. Personalized Education

Personalized education takes the student-centered approach to a new level by, as much as possible, responding to each individual learner's unique needs, strengths, and weaknesses. Each student gets a learning plan that's based on what he or she knows and how he or she learns best. Through individualized instruction, learning is tailored to the student. It provides numerous and yet-to-be-discovered advantages for both teachers and students.

Advantages:
1. Personal attention is given to ensure that every child develops his or her intellectual and creative talents.
2. Studying in a supportive and caring environment promotes respectful student-teacher relationships and even teacher partnership with parents.

Disadvantages:
1. It can be time- and organization-demanding: teachers have to modify their pace, do a lot of preparation, and learn to comprehend and attend to each student's needs.

What Is the Best Method of Teaching?

There is no "best" method of teaching. However, many researchers today agree that including more student-centered learning approaches in the classroom can improve learning. Using only a teacher-centered approach leaves out many skills and learning opportunities for students. Yet, there may still be space for teacher-centered learning for some specific topics and learning objectives. However, teacher-centered learning shouldn't be the only strategy in your teacher toolbox.

The bottom line is that each teacher needs to find a teaching style that fits his or her personality. An effective teacher is a passionate teacher who is confident in what they're doing! So, if any of the strategies on this list of teaching methods intrigues you, why not look into it a bit more? You might discover a new method that motivates your students and improves their learning and your teaching experience!

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One of the greatest problems facing teachers, particularly primary school teachers, is planning ICT activities that can help children develop their ICT capabilities.

In this article, you will learn:

What you need to consider when planning to use ICT in teaching and learning

Planning on integrating ICT

Planning on developing an integrated approach in primary ed

Learn About: Strategic Planning for Schools in ICT Planning to use ICT in Early Childhood Education and Care Involving parents in the planning of technology integration in Early Childhood Education Why is Planning important in ECE? 11 Ways to Plan the integration of technology in Early Childhood Education
Why is Planning important in Teaching?

Planning is important in teaching as it ensures learning progression in subject learning and also in the general capabilities of the curriculum. Through planning you be able to better manage student boredom in the classroom which leads to behaviour issues and more classroom management strategies are needed.

Planning ensures that all students learn from the curriculum and that the content of the key learning areas are considered.

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Yet, one of the most difficult things which you have to face as a teacher is being able to plan ICT activities that develop student ICT capabilities.

The most effective way to develop students' ICT capabilities is to provide them with meaningful activities, embedded in purposeful subject-related contexts.

For example, "rather than teaching children how to use a database, a knowledge of database principles and processes and the skills required to enter and manipulate data, can be taught through using a database to help the children learn something useful about a subject" (Bennett,2007, 48).

What do you need to consider when you plan on using ICT for teaching and learning?

Using ICT in the classroom requires planning which is a little more complex. It is one of the primary teacher's major issues - planning ICT activities that can help the children develop their ICT capabilities and ICT literacy.

While ICT in the primary classroom has many benefits, it is vital that when you are planning the use of ICT that you consider the following as a good strategy for the use of ICT in teaching and learning

Here are some things for you to consider when you want to plan for using ICT for teaching and learning in your classroom.
Have you conducted a thorough analysis of the situation?
Effective teaching depends on effective planning and this in turn, relies heavily on you conducting a thorough analysis of the situation.

For there to be an optimal lesson with ICT you need to have clear learning goals, provide a supportive social context for learning, enable students to engage in the learning process in a number of different ways, help students contextualise the content in terms of their own experience and knowledge, and be willing to modify learning tasks in the light of student circumstances.
Understand how students learn with ICT
Before you even begin to plan on using ICT for teaching, it is vital that you understand how your students learn with ICT. You must learn how to match the ICT resource to the intended learning and how ICT relates to other key skills.
Decide on the role you want ICT to play in the activity
Do you want the students to use the ICT in the activity to develop their ICT capability, to support learning in another area of the curriculum or both? Ultimately, you should aim to have the students use ICT to support the subject context learning whilst remaining transparent in the background and developing their ICT capability.
Are there opportunities for you to assess children's ICT competence?
Good planning should create assessment opportunities because good assessment informs good planning.

Use a range of further questioning to consider things such as the knowledge about children's existing knowledge, cross-curricular links, and any constraints on yourself when planning to use ICT etc.
Reflect on the impact of learning styles in education and the role of ICT within them
The main problem is not only the abundance of models but also the competing benefits of successful use. ICT has the capability to provide high quality visual and auditory materials, however, the justification for their use should not just be that they match a single learning style.
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Planning for Integration of ICT in teaching and learning

There are four steps which you need to consider every time you decide to include the use of ICT activities in your lessons.

1. Determine the ICT teaching objectives for the planning period (year/term/half-term).

2. Clarify key topics for each subject for the planning period.

3. Identify opportunities for ICT within each subject.

4. Select and adapt the ICT projects which are most appropriate for achieving the ICT objectives with the subject contexts.

(Bennett, 2007, p51)

You also need to consider:

The educational purpose of the activity - are you going to develop ICT capability, support the subject context or both?

Will the children be monitored so that you can identify the best times to intervene to further develop their capabilities in ICT?

Are the children actually going to be using ICT as a tool for learning?

Have you included opportunities to assess their capabilities in ICT along the way?

How will the children work? Collaboratively or cooperatively?

Planning on Developing an Integrated Approach to teaching and learning with ICT

ICT in the primary classroom plays a significant role in a child's learning and development. However, if you are to integrate ICT into the curriculum it is important that you:

Need a good understanding of ICT concepts and their relation to other areas of the curriculum.

Plan to focus on the importance of clear objectives for each classroom activity. For example, plan on developing students' ICT capability prior to using ICT in teaching and learning particularly in other subject learning.

Close relationships exist between ICT capability and knowledge, skills, and understanding in other subject areas. It is not helpful to see their development in isolation.

Using ICT in the classroom effectively will need you to shift your focus between ICT objectives and other learning objectives during an ICT activity.
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Being an accredited course means that the practices and principles of ICT in teaching and learning process that will we discuss are all aligned with the teacher quality standards in Australia.

'ICT Teaching Strategies for Primary School Teachers' stresses that just simple exposure of ICT to students will not sufficiently develop their ICT capability and ICT literacy and will just result in the haphazard development of ICT skills.

The objectives of ICT integration in education are many so I emphasise the importance of teacher planning when you decide to use ICT in teaching and learning.

Why Plan for the use of ICT in Primary Teaching

Our strategy for use of ICT in teaching learning involves the technology integration planning where you as the teacher, ensure that you as a teacher enable students to reach the stage where the technology they are using becomes sufficiently transparent that they are almost unaware of its existence while achieving learning outcomes. This the ultimate aim of ICT capability and our strategy includes the following:

Analyse the situation

Understand how students learn with ICT

Practice ICT teaching strategies for primary school classrooms

Facilitate student capabilities in ICT

Develop a whole school approach to ICT capability

Select the appropriate ICT tools to use in the classroom

Support ICT capability development across key learning areas

Create an inclusive technology-rich learning environment

This online workshop on ICT teaching strategies for primary school teachers has proven to be successful in having an impact on student ICT learning.
"This course has been beneficial. I have learned more about how to integrate ICT in the classroom and how to support the students who struggle in this area. The readings have been particularly useful and it has been great to see other professionals and their use of ICT in the classroom." "I have thoroughly enjoyed this course. I have learned the importance of ICT in all schools. This course has enhanced my ideas of classroom practice by giving me confidence that I was on the right track." "I will definitely employ these ideas. Great tips."
The ICT for teachers that we recommend are significant for the successful technology integration planning model that we provide. They all encompass the following attributes:

1. Content-free

2. Promote a high level of decision making on the behalf of the students

3. Challenges students intellectually.

Key examples of ICT in teaching and learning include:

Word processors

Desktop publishers

Spreadsheets and databases

Web creation and development

Coding programs

Drawing and painting programs

The best strategy for use of ICT in teaching learning is to begin with what you have got. Don't always look for the next big technological development to come around and somehow solve your teaching with ICT problems. Technology integration is about the here and the now of the available technology in the classroom. Imagine the potential for ICT learning within the context in which it will be taught.

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By Michael Hilkemeijer One of the greatest problems facing teachers, particularly primary school teachers, is planning ICT activities that can help children develop their ICT capabilities .

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Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning | CRLT

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A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Before you plan your lesson, you will first need to identify the learning objectives for the class meeting. Then, you can design appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to obtain feedback on student learning. A successful lesson plan addresses and integrates these three key components:

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Learn all about lesson planning using 3 types of lesson plan and the 5 parts of a lesson plan.

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Instructional Strategies -- The Ten Plus Two Teaching Method

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Secondly, What are the 10 qualities of a good teacher?

Also What are the 4 methods of teaching? There are different types of teaching methods that can be categorized into four broad types.

Teacher-centered methods,

Learner-centered methods,

Content-focused methods; and.

Interactive/participative methods.

In fact What are the 4 teaching styles?
In this article, we'll explore each of the above teaching types to question how effective they are in engaging pupils in the learning process.

The Authority Style. ...

The Delegator Style. ...

The Facilitator Style. ...

The Demonstrator Style. ...

The Hybrid Style.

What is best method of teaching?

Hence, student-centric learning is the most effective method of teaching. Sometimes called the "Sage on the Stage" style, the teacher-centered model positions the teacher as the expert in charge of imparting knowledge to his or her students via lectures or direct instruction.

What are 3 qualities of a good teacher?
So, What Makes a Good Teacher?
What are the 7 roles of a good teacher?
7 Roles of A Teacher
What is effective teacher?

Effective teachers demonstrate a deep understanding of the curriculum. They plan, teach, and assess to promote mastery for all students. Effective teachers provide high-quality instruction to increase student achievement for all students by providing researched-based instruction filled with technology integration.

What are the 10 methods of teaching?
Here are some of the top ideas for you to use.
What is teacher-Centred method?

A teacher-centred approach is one where activity in the class is centred on the teacher. It can be compared to a learner-centred approach. ... The teacher is an effective model of the target language and an important source of information on how the learners are doing.

What are qualities of a good teacher?

Some qualities of a good teacher include skills in communication, listening, collaboration, adaptability, empathy and patience. Other characteristics of effective teaching include an engaging classroom presence, value in real-world learning, exchange of best practices and a lifelong love of learning.

How do I describe my teaching style?

"My teaching style can best be described as interactive, supportive, and transparent. I encourage my students to have a voice in the classroom, ask questions when they come up, and participate actively in all conversations regardless of their level of confidence." "I have grown into an analytical teacher.

What is techniques in teaching?

* A technique is a detailed list of rules or a guideline for any (teaching) activity. * It is based on the description of steps, or a set of do's and don'ts, and can often be linked to a method or strategy. * Technique is a procedure or skill for completing a specific a specific task.

What is teacher Centred method?

A teacher-centred approach is one where activity in the class is centred on the teacher. It can be compared to a learner-centred approach. ... The teacher is an effective model of the target language and an important source of information on how the learners are doing.

What are 3 learning strategies?

There are three main cognitive learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

What is your strengths as a teacher?

My communication skills, and understanding for the emotional world of children -especially at elementary level, is my greatest strengths as a teacher. I do not find it hard to gain trust of the students, because I understand how they feel in different situations and can choose the right words in my lessons.

What makes good teaching?

A good teacher is one who is able to explain and demonstrate concepts in a variety of ways for a variety of different learners and learning styles. A good teacher is a good learner-they learn how their student(s) learn-and modify their teaching accordingly. ... All groups mentioned engaging students in learning.

What is a good teacher quote?

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual.

What is your role as an educator?

This requires the creation of learning situations that give students an active, central role. ... For example, educators can ensure that their students have opportunities to make decisions, make choices, and act autonomously with the resources they use during learning.

What is the main role of a teacher?

The primary role of a teacher is to deliver classroom instruction that helps students learn. To accomplish this, teachers must prepare effective lessons, grade student work and offer feedback, manage classroom materials, productively navigate the curriculum, and collaborate with other staff.

What are your strengths as a teacher?
Teacher - What are your strengths and weaknesses? (Sample answers included)

communication and social skills.

patience, responsibility, tolerance.

ability to solve conflicts, emotional intelligence.

creativity and enthusiasm for teaching.

ability to explain difficult things in a simple way.

How I can be an effective teacher?

Although there are many different ways to teach effectively, good instructors have several qualities in common. They are prepared, set clear and fair expectations, have a positive attitude, are patient with students, and assess their teaching on a regular basis.

What qualities make an effective teacher?
12 Characteristics of an Effective Teacher
How do you motivate students?
21 Simple Ideas To Improve Student Motivation

1. Give students a sense of control. ...

2. Be clear about learning objectives. ...

3. Create a threat-free environment. ...

4. Change your scenery. ...

5. Offer varied experiences. ...

6. Use positive competition. ...

7. Offer rewards. ...

8. Give students responsibility.

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Teacher-Centered Methods of Instruction Direct Instruction (Low Tech) Flipped Classrooms (High Tech) Kinesthetic Learning (Low Tech) Differentiated Instruction (Low Tech) Inquiry-based Learning (High Tech) Expeditionary Learning (High Tech) Personalized Learning (High Tech) Game-based Learning (High Tech) Secondly, What are the 10 qualities of a good teacher?

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I have spent more than 30 years teaching about and doing research on what constitutes 'effective' teaching. Over the years I have become more and more convinced that the key to being a successful teacher, both in terms of the quality of learning you promote, and in terms of maintaining your own mental health and enthusiasm for the work you do, is to make sure you devote enough time to planning. Of course, we all know that teaching is a complex activity and involves a wide variety of tasks and qualities, but in my dealings with teachers, ranging from novices to experienced, I still come across many teachers who do not devote enough time to planning and haven't fully realised the massive benefits that good planning offers, and how it can really help them.

How and why is your teaching effective?
As teachers, we know that teaching is, in essence, about helping pupils to learn. Careful thinking about what it is exactly that you want your pupils to learn, and how best to enable your pupils to achieve this through the learning experiences you provide for them, lies at the heart of the planning process. All successful teachers need to be pupil focused; in other words, you have to think about how the learning activity you have set up will be experienced by each pupil, and how this experience will generate your intended learning outcomes. you'll find that the planning process forces you to make explicit how and why your teaching will be effective for every one of your pupils.
Golden Time
Lesson plans also provide a huge number of important benefits for you. Firstly, a lesson plan helps provide you with thinking time during the lesson. In particular, it enables you to reflect on how the lesson is going whilst it is in progress, and to think about whether and how small adjustments might need to be made, and time to think about how well each pupil's learning experience is being optimised. Thinking time during a lesson is like gold-dust - it's the most valuable commodity that a teacher needs to have and is often in short supply. Good planning means that the many decisions that you need to make during a lesson, have already been thought through before the lesson take place. If you've planned the learning, and the logistical arrangements for the lesson in advance then you'll have more time to get on with the business of assessing pupils' progress whilst the lesson is going on - and you'll buy yourself some golden time to deal with the unexpected.
Plans help relieve day to day stress
A second important benefit for you is in terms of stress. For newly qualified teachers, you can go into a lesson confident that you have planned what will be happening, that the materials you need to use have been checked and are to hand, that the correct answers to the questions you pose are readily available to you to refer to, and that the precise qualities and features you expect in a good piece of work will be explicit. The more you can do to build up that confidence at the start if the lesson, based on your planning, the more relaxed you will feel.
Try something new!
Finally, another great benefit of planning is that it enables you to be innovative and try out new approaches and ideas in your teaching. When busy and tired, it's not surprising that some teachers stick with teaching activities that are tried and tested and which manifestly work successfully. There is nothing wrong with this over the short-term. The time and effort you put into planning your lessons will deliver rich dividends for your pupils in being able to experience lessons that you have homed to perfection. However, time marches on, what and how you teach today will not be what is considered to be good practice in the future. The school curriculum is ever changing (and, of course, the new Ofsted Inspection Framework will be on many teachers' minds at the moment), be it in terms of the content of the course and lessons, the learning outcomes, the use of technology, the methods of assessment, and working with other staff.

Overhauling your planning can be a daunting challenge if you leave adopting such new approaches for too long. Devoting time to planning has an inbuilt element of reflection involved: how can I improve my teaching? Such reflection can help you stay at the forefront of innovative thinking and practice rather than feeling you are having to catch up with good practice under duress.
Professor Chris Kyriacou is based at the University of York Department of Education, and is the author of "Essential Teaching Skills", the fifth edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in 2018.

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Why is planning so important for effective teaching? - Oxford Education Blog

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Professor Chris Kyriacou I have spent more than 30 years teaching about and doing research on what constitutes 'effective' teaching. Over the years I have become more and more convinced that the key to being a successful teacher, both in terms of the quality of learning you promote, and in terms of maintaining your own [...]