HCT Bachelor of EDUCATION

Practicum Booklet 1A

Observation task 4: Planning and preparation

for learning
Focus: The importance of planning and preparation
Objective
The objective of this task is for student teachers to begin to
understand the relevance of planning and preparation as well as
gain insight into how teachers do this.

Before the observation

Discuss the task with the teacher and arrange a good time to
observe her teaching. (this could be for as little as 15 min)
During the observation, record and make notes on what the
teacher and the learners are doing.
Example

Teacher activity

Learner activity

Teacher explain lesson then

gives instruction for the
student then she divides them
to group.

Learners attention and listen for

the teacher and work by group.

Teacher starts give them

activities and walk in the room
and help them.

Student start doing activities

and talk together then finish the
activities.

Time
spent
4 mins

10 mins

Note: This is only an example, the aim of this is to observe what is happening in
the learning environment you are in.

Find out how the teacher planned and prepared

for the section you observed.

HCT Bachelor of EDUCATION

Practicum Booklet 1A

After the observation general questions

related to planning and preparation for
learning.
Arrange a time to discuss the following points with the
teacher. It is important that you ask these questions as
they will help you with your reflection later.

How do you plan? Do you plan weekly, daily, as part of a team or

individually?she plans weekly but daily she have more extra
activities to do.

Do you do anything you havent planned to do?sometime she do

activities .

What is important to you when planning a lesson?first look for

interesting children and give them activities.

Do you plan to do the same thing with all the children in the
classroom? (Why/Why not?yes,but she tries to change activities.

Arrange to attend a planning session with

the teacher/team.
Reflection

Why is planning and preparation for learning important?

Because it help teacher to know how to teach them.
What do you have to think about before you begin to plan for
learning?we plan and think about it.
What stages did the teacher go through in order to be
prepared for teaching?help student to know why do those
things.

Moza Alyammahi
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