Instructional Planning for Pre-Service Teachers

Instructional Planning

• Pre-service teachers should be able to discuss the basic components of instructional planning correctly through group discussion.
• BTI (Basic Teaching Indicators):
  • Demonstrate content knowledge and its application within and across curriculum teaching areas.
  • Implement teaching strategies responsive to learners' linguistic, cultural, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds.
  • Apply teaching strategies that develop critical and creative thinking and other higher-order thinking skills.
• Introduction: This lesson helps demonstrate knowledge of preparing a lesson guide using basic instructional planning components for primary and intermediate English levels. Appropriate teaching strategies will be applied through a teaching demonstration practicum.
• Three Major Components of IP:
  • Deciding what to teach
  • Deciding how to teach
  • Communicating realistic expectations
• Deciding What to Teach:
  • Assess learners' skills
  • Analyze instructional tasks
  • Establish a logical sequence
  • Consider contextual variables
  • Analyze instructional groupings
  • Identify gaps in actual and expected performance
• Deciding How to Teach:
  • Set instructional goals
  • Select instructional methods and materials
  • Pace instruction appropriately
  • Monitor performance and replan instruction
• Communicating Realistic Expectations:
  • Clear objectives
  • Learning materials
  • Active background knowledge
  • Direct instruction
  • Learner practice (guided, collaborative, independent)
  • Closure
  • Demonstration of learning
• Assessment:
  • Students complete a self-assessment (I learned that..., I realized that..., I think there is a need to...).
• Assignment: Write a sample instructional plan based on components presented using a provided matrix. The matrix has sections for "What to teach," "How to teach," "Materials," "Activities," and "Assessments." A "Content Standard" and "Performance Standard" are also included.