2nd PETA Reflection

In the second Principles of Effective Teaching and Assessment (PETA) class (9/27), my classmates and I learnt about how to develop a lesson plan. Miss Ine started the class by showing us a video about teaching and learning process in a primary school. She then asked us to share our responses about the way the teacher taught and what we would do if we were the teacher. I think it was interesting to show us how to teach well. It also made us to use our critical thinking to response about the teacher’s teaching whether it was effective or ineffective, the learning style she used, and what we should or should not do if we were her. She also explained about Bloom’s Taxonomy which I still don’t understand what it is.

We were, then, asked to develop lesson plans in groups based on a standard of competence and two basic competences of our groups’ choices from the materials Miss Ine gave. To be honest, I was ‘blank’ about how to develop a good lesson plan. Fortunately, I had a discussion with my group mates and they helped me understand it though I still feel some confusing things. However, thanks to them who shared with me their ideas, that is one of the advantages of group working. The other thing I didn’t know was the difference between goals and indicators in lesson plan. Miss Ine said that these things are closely related. Goal is the objective of the lesson or what we aim for, while indicator is what factor indicates that the lesson is effective. Well, I hope I can understand and be able to develop lesson plan by my own self, just like what I wrote on the post-it at the first session.