Steps in Lesson Planning

Start with lesson stages

Steps in Lesson Planning brings together resources that present lesson planning as a sequence. A flowchart on the page starts with knowing the objective. Begin there if you want to consider what a lesson is intended to achieve before looking at its stages.

Then explore the mind map Stages in a lesson planning. It sets out an engagement activity and warm-up, followed by presentation and study. Use the map to trace how the opening of a lesson connects to its core activity.

Look at the details of a plan

Didactic Sequence (Paola & Ely) offers another view of planning. Its branches include objectives, topics and subtopics, time distribution, teaching materials, and methods of teaching and learning. Read across the branches and consider how these elements could fit into a plan.

The Lesson Planning mind map includes learning and teaching theories, course materials, methodology, teachers and students. Compare its themes with the didactic sequence map to see different ways the resources organize planning ideas.

Use maps and flowcharts together

There are no quizzes on this topic page, but you can use the formats together to check your understanding. Follow the order in a flowchart, then use a mind map to recall the stages or details without looking. Return to the resource to see what you missed.

One flowchart introduces a warm-up and presentation, while the stages mind map also includes study. Comparing them gives you a way to examine how the resources describe a lesson sequence.

Connect the topic to the unit

Steps in Lesson Planning is one section of the Lesson Planning unit in Education and pedagogy (incl. teaching methods, curriculum, educational psychology). The resources connect the steps of a lesson with choices about objectives, materials and methods. Pick a map or flowchart and use it to outline a lesson of your own.