10th - What are some ways to differentiate a lesson plan, and how you explain each type?

Each type of lesson planning has its benefits and its disadvantages. When planning, teachers must take into account the different types of learners they have due to not all of them learn in the same way.

I can differentiate the lesson plans in these:

Learners’ interests

This lesson plan is made according to what the students want to learn their intentness, concerns, curiosities, etc. Some learners would like information about an specific topic but others would not like it. So, we better find out how to work it well.

Interests are emotionally and/or cognitively based. They might involve using varied kinds of instruction, which correspond to modality preferences, or construction of materials to facilitate learning.

Learners’ needs

This is the subjective or objective evaluation component regarding instruction. While some students’ needs are obvious, as in the hearing impaired student requiring an amplification system in the classroom, or students needing enrichment activities to stimulate them, others are not apparent.

Interestingly, a study showed that teachers employing higher levels of differentiated techniques experienced increased feelings of self-efficacy and demonstrated greater willingness to try instructional approaches. We relate that this sense of self-worth may also be experienced by students.

Learning styles

In this case, teachers put special attention in the different learning styles students have. Each lesson plan must full fill the requirements each of the learning styles have.

Tier lesson

This is the most applied type of lesson planning. They go from basic to advanced. This kind of lesson planning are the ones called “step by step” because it goes gradually according to the process of the students.

Tier lessons and scaffolding are implemented like the rungs of a ladder, moving from lower to higher levels of understanding.

"A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Before you plan your lesson, you will first need to identify the learning objectives for the class meeting."

Stiliana Milkova