Writing Lesson Objectives

In this topic I learned about writing lesson objectives is not as easy as it seems to be. Therefore, when teachers write objectives they have to think about their learners’ needs, age and level. Regarding this, according to Bloom’s Taxonomy it is possible to write meaningful objectives and for that reason there are guides in order to write lesson objectives. That is why; Bloom’s Taxonomy divides the way people learn into three domains. One of these is the cognitive domain, which is emphasized in intellectual outcomes. This domain is further divided into categories or levels. Furthermore, the key words used and the type of questions asked may help in the establishment and encouragement of critical thinking, especially in the higher levels. For example, an objective of Comprehension could be ‘explain’ and an example of it could be, ‘By the end of this course, the student will be able to explain Newton’s three laws of motion in his/her own words.’ As a matter of fact, as a future teacher I would like to apply Bloom’s taxonomy into my classes due that his objectives are well established and the learning will be meaningful due that I will be accomplishing meaningful goals in order to help students to acquire the language using Bloom’s Taxonomy.

References: 

-Teaching.uncc.edu,. (2016). Writing Objectives Using Bloom's Taxonomy | The Center for Teaching and Learning | UNC Charlotte. Retrieved 29 January 2016, from http://teaching.uncc.edu/learning-resources/articles-books/best-practice/goals-objectives/writing-objectives

-YouTube,. (2016). 3.2 - How to Write Learning Objectives Using Bloom's Taxonomy. Retrieved 29 January 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DgkLV9h69Q

Lesson Study: Practical Professional Development

Lesson Study is an approach which allows groups of teachers to research, develop and practice lessons and techniques that have direct impact on their students. This lesson study has been resulted one of the most useful things since it is beneficial for all teachers. But, how does it works? Well,

during lesson study, a group of teachers researches and writes a lesson plan on a particular theme. Then, the teachers write expectations for the lesson. For example, how students will respond to it, whether it will help them understand a certain concept better, and how it will teach them to grasp that concept. Next, one teacher from the group volunteers to teach it to his or her class, and the other teachers are given release time to observe the implementation of the lesson, and note if and how it met expectations. After that, teachers meet again, review notes, and decide what revisions are needed. Personally, I consider that a lesson study is kind of observation for the teacher in which he/she is expected to give a class and while they are observing their partner's class, they take notes of what could be added or improved. So, that is what I learned from this topic. Regarding this, as a future teacher, it could be a great idea to practice the lesson study with your colleagues since it will help us to improve our classes and the way we are teaching to our students. Of course, I consider that all the comments we receive have to be constructive comments that will allow us to become better teachers.

References: 

-Educationworld.com,. (2016). Lesson Study: Practical Professional Development. Retrieved 27 January 2016, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin382.shtml

-Educ.ualberta.ca,. (2016). Value of Observation. Retrieved 27 January 2016, from http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash

 

Bloom's Taxonomy

From Benjamin S. Bloom Taxonomy of educational objectives.
Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright (c) 1984 by Pearson Education.
Adapted by permission of the publisher.

       

Bloom's Taxonomy had been created by Benjamin Bloom which helps to categorize the level of abstraction of questions that commonly occur in educational settings. This taxonomy results ver useful due that it helps to ask questions within particular levels and it will help to students to answer questions in an easier way. The teacher will be able to study using appropriate strategies. In order to accomplish with his goal, he proposed some competence with its own skills. First, the educational objectives are, competence, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Each of them are very important when preparing our students to learn the language due that Bloom's Taxonomy is hierarchical, which means that assumes  learning to higher levels depending on the acquisition of knowledge and skills of certain lower levels. Second, there are sample questions that belogs to each educational objective. For example, 'Knowledge' one of the many questions is: How many...? From 'Comprehension' could be: Can you write in your own words? From 'Application' could be: Would this information be useful if you had a ...? From 'Analysis' could be:

Which events could have happened...? From 'Synthesis' the question could be: Why not compose a song about...? From 'Evaluation' could be: Judge the value of... As a conclusion, Bloom's Taxonomy is a very useful method that will helps us as future teacher due that we can take this as a guide in order to teach our students to think critically and in a better way. As a future teacher, I consider that Bloom's Taxonomy could be used by myself in order to provide my students with good educational objectives and I would like to help them to become good speakers of the L2.

References:

-Uvic.ca,. (2016). Counselling Services - University of Victoria. Retrieved 27 January 2016, from http://www.uvic.ca/services/counselling/

- From Benjamin S. Bloom Taxonomy of educational objectives.

Published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. Copyright (c) 1984 by Pearson Education.
Adapted by permission of the publisher.