Planning is Everything!

Pedagogy:
1. The art and science of how something is taught and how students learn it.
2. Assisting students through interaction and activity in the ongoing academic event of the classroom.
3. The study of being a teacher.
4. The principles and methods of instruction.

How exciting...the study of being a teacher. Although this is my first semester in Education, one one the most important aspects of being a teacher seems to be planning. Planning is everything. It ensures that your students are being taught in the best way possible and and it gives you, their teacher, the confidence to be your best. We are now learning about lesson and unit plans and what is needed to execute the best plan. First, you need to establish goals and objectives of the plan, basically what you want your students to know and be able to do upon completion. Next is figuring out how to obtain your goals, with step by step instructions. You will need to come up with a list of activities and materials you will need for the lesson and finish with an assessment of pupil learning and your own teaching procedures. It would then be nice to finish with a closing activity that can show the student how the lesson relates to them and their world.

I am really excited to learn more on planning. I am the sort of person who makes lists for everything I do and take great pleasure in crossing things off. It will require a lot of work but knowing that I will be going into the classroom each and every day with a plan will really give me the confidence I need to teach.