When Brown talked about lesson plans, the only thing that remained in my head was the lesson plans I had been slaving over the past weeks for my C&I courses. I would definitely agree with Brown when he states, "Those lessons, from the point of view of your own and students' time management, are practical, tangible units of effort that serve to provide a rhythm to a course of study." (164) Lesson plans help give a concrete plan of what I want out of students, while providing a rough outline of how to sequence my lesson. With lesson plans, a teacher must plan his/her objectives, rather than just hoping that he/she covers some valuable information without a lesson plan. Lesson plans promote a structured lesson that is very efficient.
In regards to Brown's chapter 9 on curriculum, I felt that the most important part could be stated in one of Brown's quotes. Brown said, "It's important to place every class period against the backdrop of the course in which it is embedded and within the context of preceding and subsequent lessons." (161) While reading many of Brown's chapters, you may develop great approaches towards teaching, or various strategies to meet learners needs, but it is important to place these concepts against the backdrop. While many of us will have control of a classroom, we must keep in mind that, despite the lesson plans we come up with and the strategies we use, we may be subject to higher authorities that provide certain curricula or standards to follow. Various state standards may propose several objectives, while districts may have varying goals for students. In many high school cases, departments may stress certain goals or objectives. It is important to keep all of these goals, standards, and objectives in mind when proposing your lesson plans. Teachers must have an open-minded perspective to their own lesson plans, allowing them to be flexible to meet students varying needs.
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