Student Centered Lesson Planning

 

Student-Centered Lesson Planning

 

Lesson development and delivery is never straightforward, but it is a must—well-designed, innovative lessons can boost student engagement and learning retention. As contexts and priorities change in light of the pandemic, the planning methods and structures schools use should focus on deeper learning, cultural relevancy, and personalization.

In This Issue

 

The ABCs of Rigorous Lesson Design

Cognitive engagement begins when learners are able to make connections, rather than simply memorizing and performing routine procedures in isolation.

 

Engaging Students in Personally Meaningful SEL

Lessons should promote deeper learning and, ultimately, greater student engagement and retention.

 

What’s the Plan?

Every phase of the lesson planning process can incorporate student choice and decision making.

 

Successfully Taking Offline Classes Online

The keys are prioritizing community and designing student-centered lessons.

Small Shifts in Teacher Talk Make a Big Difference

How to ensure your language emphasizes student engagement over compliance.

 

Free the Lesson Plans!

How short-term lesson-planning requirements disrupt good teaching.

 

Lessons and Practices to Scrap

Which common classroom lessons should teachers update? Educators share what they've chosen to cut out of today's curricula and instruction.

 

Eight Questions for Better Lessons

Want to tweak your lesson planning? Keep these tips in mind.


 

NEW IN BOOKS

Recommended Read


So Each May Soar

Author Carol Ann Tomlinson’s work popularizing differentiated instruction has made her one of the most influential voices in modern education. Her latest book, So Each May Soar, unpacks how to create learner-centered classrooms that help students more deeply understand themselves and the world. The book’s strategies assist educators in creating an energized and mutually respectful classroom community across grade levels and subject areas.

 

Read the first chapter.

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