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Planning involves a great deal of decision-making (Hunter, 1994; Danielson, 2007). You will be making decisions about content, instructional activities, and of course assessments. Your planning is for the specific purpose of helping students with whom you work, learn. Research has shown that there is a positive relationship between the quality of lesson planning and the quality of lesson delivery (Dorovolomo, J., Phan, H.P. & Maebuta, J., 2017).
When you first begin planning, it seems the focus will be on you—the teacher. You may think about what you will be doing, what materials you will need, and how much time you will need to teach a lesson. This is often the focus for education students who are in introductory courses. However, with more experience in planning and in the delivery of lessons, the focus will increasingly be on your students and their learning. In your methods courses and student teaching experiences, the focus will be on student learning, though your plans still involve decisions about materials, activities, and time.
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