Assignment:
Learning Objectives Plan
How the teacher communicates the learning objectives during instruction opens the door to initiate student engagement, motivate student ownership of learning, and set the stage for establishing a clear expectation of learning in the classroom.
Review the "Learning Plan Template" to complete this assignment.
Complete Part 2: Learning Objectives Plan.
Part 1: Learning Objectives Plan Chart
For this assignment, you will develop learning experiences that engage students in collaborative and self-directed learning. Using the "Learning Plan Template," choose a math or ELA standard for the grade level that corresponds with your field experiences. Using the chosen standard, compose an aligning learning objective. Research best practices regarding how to communicate learning objectives in the classroom, helping to establish a positive and supportive learning environment. Using your research, identify and describe strategies that:
- Communicate the Learning Objective (Collaborative Learning).
- Check for Understanding (Self-Directed Learning).
Part 2: Strategies Summary
Using the "Learning Objectives Plan," summarize and reflect on your strategy choices in 250 to 500 words. In your summary, address the following:
- Describe how the strategies you chose establish an environment of learning.
- How does the process of sharing objectives with students help to create a culture of self-directed learning?
- How is this collaborative culture of sharing learning objectives helping the students make personal connections to their learning experiences?
- How does the instructional strategy engage students in their learning?
- Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.
Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
Submit the "Learning Plan Template" with your strategies summary as one deliverable.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Clinical Field Experience A: Communicating the Learning Objective
Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Part 1: Communicating the Learning Objectives Chart
Observe a grade level K-8 classroom during classroom instruction. During your observations, take detailed notes and identify the learning objectives and academic standards:
- The method the teacher uses to communicate the learning objectives.
- How the teacher creates engagement.
- How the students are motivated to take ownership of the identified objectives.
- The layout of the classroom.
- Student engagement in the environment.
After classroom instruction and observation, engage in a dialogue about the learning objective with three students to determine, in their own words, the:
- What (what the students are learning).
- Why (why they are learning this).
- How (how they are going to know if they have learned it).
Using the "Communicating the Learning Objectives" chart, analyze the effectiveness of communicating the learning objectives and creating an environment of learning by your mentor teacher. Base this analysis on your observations and dialogue with students.
Use any remaining field experience hours to speak with your mentor teacher and, provided permission, seek out opportunities to observe and/or assist your mentor teacher and/or work with a small group of students on instruction in the classroom.
Part 2: Learning Objectives Summary
Following your observations, write a 250 to 500 word reflection identifying how your mentor teacher used best practices to communicate learning objectives to students and encourage student independence. Include a summary of the dialogue with the students in the class about their understanding of the learning objective.
Your reflection should include:
- Why the correlation between how the teacher communicates the learning objectives establishes a climate of learning for students.
- Evidence from observations that the teacher created an environment of learning through an effective way of communicating the learning objectives, and if not, why this component is important.
- Why it is important to create engagement and motivation during instruction.
- Why engagement in the lesson fosters ownership of learning.
Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
Submit the "Communicating Learning Objectives" chart and reflection as one deliverable.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to Loud Cloud in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.