2023 Lesson planning

Although only one person is seen in this photograph, enjoying the last of her holidays, there is a significant variety of intelligently effective callings or occupations (Dewey, 1916) that this woman possesses not limited to a first-aid officer, course designer, lover, artist, mother, friend, business entrepreneur, student, barista, consumer, a neighbour, and an educator, about to go back to work.

An occupation is a pluralism of being, doing, and knowing simultaneously (Quay, 2016). Dewey boldly stated that occupation is the only thing that balances the capacity of an individual with their social service.

Although many educators struggle to imagine teaching and educational organisations in ways other than those that are familiar (Quay, 2016), numerous studies have shown that integrating learning technologies have positive effects on student engagement (Chen et al. 2010).

If a teacher is to simply ‘talk at’ a class and bore their students, retention levels of the content drop significantly. Myhill et al (2012) suggest that weak educational knowledge can lead to sterile teaching, divorced from reality. It remains incumbent on the teacher to upskill with engaging educational strategies and industry relevance to maintain interest.

Resources, activities, and strategies enhance self-regulated learning, quantitative reasoning, and promotion of reflective and integrative higher-order thinking (Dumford & Miller, 2018) which supports life-long learning because of two inherently natural ways of thinking, affective and reflective.

Examples of various resources and strategies are listed below. What else could you integrate into your Learning Management System for continuous improvement, or into your 2023 lesson plans for the sake of your students?

Have a wonderful year as you inspire the next generation.

You could integrate…

???????Spelling Bee-cause (future generations will be grateful)

???????Word Association (Links)

???????Answering “How, What, When, Why, Who, Where…” including, but not limited to:

??How will this help? How can you reduce costs? How might this help others?

? What are the ingredients? What happens if I remove XYZ? What ratio is the…?

? When was it first discovered/invented? When would you most likely use this?

??Why do you think you’ll need this? Why does this happen when we do this?

??Who created it? Who popularised this? Who sells this? Who thinks they can reduce costs or increase performance?

? Where would this better/best be used/located? Where can you sell this?

???????Literacy, Lyrics & Limericks

???????Ransom Notes

???????Alliterations

???????Mnemonics

???????Acrostics

???????Dictation

???????Games

???????C l _ z e

???????Email subscriptions

???????Newspapers

???????Magazines

???????Journals

???????Posters

???????Quotes

???????Games

???????Books

???????Facts

John Blake

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Chen., F. S., Liao., C. W., & Chen., T. H. (2010). Notice of Retraction Adult Distance Education Students' Perspective on Critical Success Factors of e-Learning. Paper presented at the International Conference on Education Technology and Training (ETT 2009), (ETT) Sanya.

Dewey, J. (1916).?Democracy and education: An introduction to the philosophy of education. New York: Macmillan.

Dumford, A. & Miller, A. 2018. Online learning in higher education: exploring advantages and disadvantages for engagement}, Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 30, pp. 452-465

Myhill, D., Jones, S., Lines, H., & Watson, A. (2012). Re-thinking grammar: The impact of embedded grammar teaching on students’ writing and students’ metalinguistic understanding. Research Papers in Education, 27(20), 139–166.

Shyshkina, T. (2020). [Painter in the botanical garden] Photo. https://unsplash.com/photos/yn7R3DLA-ik

Quay, J. (2016). Not ‘democratic education’ but ‘democracy and education’: Reconsidering Dewey’s oft misunderstood introduction to the philosophy of education. May 2016, Educational Philosophy and Theory 48(10):1-16. DOI:10.1080/00131857.2016.1174098