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Ihavereceivedacoupleofquestionsregardingthelessonplanforapproval.Please
provideabriefdescriptionofthetheoreticalperspectivesyouthinkhaveguidedthe
designofthelessonplan.Youmayneedtoguessifitisnotyourlessonplanbased
uponthewaythelessonisstructured,theactivitiesaredesigned,orhowthe
assessmentisdesigned.Abriefparagraph(150200words)willsuffice.Hereisan
exampleofalessonplanforreviewdonebymypreviousstudent.Ihopethishelps
youinsomeways.
Example:
Ihavechosenalessonplanthat,Iamembarrassedtosay,Icreatedandtaught
duringmypracticumtenyearsago.Itisagrade1lessoncontrastingfactversus
fictioninstories(attachedbelow)[
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providemewiththeURLSunah]
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TherelevanttheoreticalperspectivesthatIwishtocoverare:
Behaviourism
:Uponfirstglance,thelessonactivityisdesignedinacauseand
effectmanner.WhentheteacherdoesX(e.g.:asksifasceneinthestoryisfactor
fiction),thestudentswilldoY(e.g.:placeacheckmarkintheappropriatecolumn
oftheirchart).
InformationProcessing:
Studentsareexpectedtoaccesstheirmemoryinorder
tomakeconnectionswiththestoryastheydecidewhetheraparticulareventisfact
orfiction.Also,thereisrepititioninvolvedintheactivitysothatstudentsmay
transferthenewskillsandconceptslearnedtotheirlongtermmemory.
Constructivism:
Aconstructivistapproachappearstobeabsent.Thelessonis
teacherdriven.Studentsareexpectedtoworkindividuallyandhavenoopportunity
tomakechoices.
ThelessonplanIwilluseisobtainedfromtheinternetbutitcoversthetopic
AncientGreecewhichIcurrentlyteachinmyGrade6SocialStudiesclassroom.I
washopingbycritiquingthislessonIwouldbeabletobringsomeoftheideasto
myownteaching.
AllresourcesforthelessonarecontainedinthisGooglefolder.
Inadditionthelessoncanbevieweddirectlyontheinternethere.
Therelevanttheoreticalperspectivesincludedare:
Constructivism:
Theseriesoflessonsincludeshortactivitiestoallowstudentsto
gainanunderstandingoftheculturalcharacteristicsandvaluesbetweenSpartaand
Athens.Theseactivitiesaredoneinsmallgroupsorwithapartner.Theactivities
allowstudentstoscaffoldtheirknowledgethroughactivitiessuchasmapreading
andexaminationofprimarysources.Overallthelessonappearstobevery
experientialwiththeteacheractingasafacilitator.
InformationProcessing:
Studentsgainknowledgeofthetwocitystatesthrough
visualsandtext.Theythenaccessthisinformationastheytrytodecidewhich
valuesbelongtowhichcitystate.Further,theywillagainaccessallknowledgethat
waspresentedtothemascreatehypothesesandjustifytheirchoices.There
appearstoberepetitionofideas.