Sometimes it is difficult when it comes to planning in Education. And yet, all teachers around the world need to plan what they are going to do. After all, teaching is more a science than an art. You can learn how to do it properly, and there are ways that work and others that don't.
Sometimes I listen that planning in Education goes against action. People often say that too much planning can be a corset, but I don't quite agree with that: the more you plan, the more free you can feel to act differently if the situation requires it.
What we need to do, in my opinion, is plan properly: say what you want to do, with whom, in what situation or context, with what resources, with what methodology, how are you going to evaluate it, with what purpose...
So, when it comes to objectives, I've never found a better model than the ABCD one proposed in the course. Taking into account the learners, what you expect from them, the context, and the evaluation criteria is simply great. All teachers in my Authonomic Region of Spain have to make public their evaluation criteria, and the best thing they can do is have good teaching objectives related to that.
I am going to try to use the ABCD model from now on when planning teaching objectives, be it in teacher training or in teaching kids.
Hi Juan,
ResponderEliminarPlanning in Education is deffinitely a non-easy task, and I absolutely agree that this ABCD model is very clear yet simple to understand and use.
However, I would say that teaching doesn't necessary have to be science because science is exact (often deals with constant values and formulas to describe something). Teaching, on the other hand, is humanistic and people are everything but constant values so we can never plan thing good enough.
Still, a general framework has to exist of course, but we also have to be a bit of artists, to manage the unexpected situation when learners (in my case teenagers) aren't ready to do a task, have a bad day, are not in the mood etc. etc.
Hi Juan,
ResponderEliminarI agree with you on the difficulties on planning and objectives. And I even understand what you are referring to,we all had shared the same "sufferings," but I agree with Eldin on the ABCD model, after you conquer it, it may render your job easier.
Marsi