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What was my opinion about my lesson?
The aim of this lesson was to equip the learner with the understanding of sequences (Progressions) and its application to practical problems.
In order to achieve the aims the learner were taught the Arithmetic and geometric progressions. The learners were introduced to the concept of progressions and were made to solve some numerical examples to consolidate their understanding.
During the lesson the students were engaged through maximum interaction in a cooperative and friendly way. The interaction with students was intended to make the learning process an interesting and enjoyable experience with optimum outcome. During the lesson the students were nominated to answer some relevant questions based on reasoning to make sure their grasp of the concept of the topic and to highlight their weak points to further consolidate their understanding they were exposed to more numerical examples. Help was made available to weak students.
At the end of the session each student was confident to tell what they learnt during the lesson. Their feedback showed that they achieved maximum learning outcomes of the lesson.
I was pleased with the outcomes of the session and the topic was covered as planned. The students showed their interest by taking active parts in various parts of the lesson. The interactive way of teaching encouraged maximum input from the students and made the learning experience a live mutual process rather information bombardment.
How the group evaluated my lesson:
There was some evidence of active involvement of the learners in this lesson: for example, writing at the board, working in groups, etc. There were some opportunities for learners to reflect on their learning, when they were asked to summarise what they had learnt at the end of the session. There was also some links made to previous learning.
However, there was far too much teacher-centred lecturing and not nearly enough time for the students to practise what they were learning through group work and discussion. The following areas were identified for improvements:
· The presentation stage needed to cut down to less than half the lesson and allow much more time for students to work independently.
· There should be much more nomination asking students more probing questions to test their understanding.
· More active participation from learners during whole class work should be encouraged such that the learners interact with each other.
· More ICT should be integrated into the lessons where appropriate: this would cut down on the time I spent drawing and writing on the board and ensure that diagrams or other board work could be referred to later.
What can be improved and How (Action Plan)
The following table shows the highlighted weak points in my lesson as perceived from the group feedback and the planning of possible ways for improvements
| ACTION PLAN | |||
| Agreed priorities for improvement | |||
| What’s the problem? (Weakness judgement -learner-focused)
| What will be improved for learners? | How shall we fix it? (Action – short term /long term) | How will we know? (Monitoring and review, including dates) |
| · Insufficient group- and pair-work. · Lack of learner participation during whole class-work. · Lack of directed questioning and probing concept checking. · Lack of integration of ICT | · More actively engaged and motivated learners. · Balance between the Teacher Talking Time (TTT) and Student Talking Time (STT) · integration of ICT where possible | · Arrange a meeting with Professional Development for effective advice.
| · By observing the next lesson
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