Electrical circuits
CONTEXT
- The teacher education student is in a Bachelor of Teaching degree.
- This Year 10 Science lesson sequence focuses on electrical circuits and is structured around the 5 Es – engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate.
Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies.
EVIDENCE ANNOTATION
The teacher education student demonstrates 3.2.1 ‘Graduate achieved’ through:
- Planning a sequence of lessons that includes opportunities to draw upon previous lesson delivery to then plan and implement relevant, engaging and significant learning experiences.
- Taking an open-ended approach and acknowledging that what happens next in the lesson sequence depends on what is revealed about students’ alternative conceptions.
- Acknowledging that students’ prior knowledge and their individual misconceptions will affect their learning and therefore, providing flexibility within the lesson sequence to adapt to students’ specific needs – for example: “After the teacher evaluates students, they need to mould subsequent lessons” .
- Planning to use effective teaching and learning strategies such as group work discussions, revision activities and diagnostic testing (online quiz), using materials from everyday life, first-hand experiments, teacher demonstrations, and group research tasks.
G: The goal for this teacher education student is 3.2.1.
R: The teacher education student has satisfied 3.2.1 at graduate level.
O: What specific mentoring strategies could you employ with this teacher education student to help them move towards ‘Graduate exceeds’ for 3.2.1?
W: What is the next step you would negotiate as a goal for this teacher? What will you do as a Mentor to help them achieve this goal?
G: To plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies and move up on the 3.2.1 graduate continuum.
R: Which level of the graduate continuum are you currently at for 3.2.1? Refer to recent feedback you have received.
O: What specific actions could you take to improve your planning of lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies?
- Could you consult with your supervising teacher or Mentor to plan a sequence of lessons?
- Could you use the 5 Es (engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate) to plan a sequence of lessons for your subject?
- Could you plan for activities that allow you to evaluate current levels of student knowledge (such as formative assessments) that then allow you to adapt your subsequent teaching to students’ needs?
- Could you include flexibility in your plans to respond to previous lesson delivery and student learning in order to implement relevant, engaging and significant learning experiences?
- Could you plan to use some of the teaching strategies included in this lesson sequence?
W: What is your next step in improving your planning of lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies? Try to formulate a specific goal.