by: Meriem LAHRIZI meriem_992@hotmail.com lahrizimeriem@gmail.com

The Cyrcle of Effective Teaching Practices

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes”.

Oscar Wilde

“Learning is a result of instruction, so when the rate of learning is inadequate, it doesn’t always mean there is something wrong with the student. It does mean the instruction needs to be changed to better meet the student’s needs” .

Utah Coaching Network (2010: 47).

Begin?

Task 1:

Tick or Cross:

1. “Never smile before Christmas.”2. TTT (Teacher Talking Time) necessarily limits the amount of STT

(Student Talking Time)3. Use behavior contracts4. Successful beginnings are the key to effective classroom management. 5. Aim to Be Buddies with Students6. You are not in class to be loved but to teach. 7. Gather enough information on students’ backgrounds and needs8. Give control over to the students.9. Stop whatever you are doing whenever you see something remarkable

happening in the classroom and point it out.10. Overexplain11. Lesson Plans are crucial for effective teaching.

How to Begin?Step 1: Be Yourself

Step 2 : Study

Step 3: Brief

Step 4: Excite

Step 5: Remember

Step 6: Love

Step 7: Look

Step 8: Convince

Lesson Plans?

• What is the purpose of a Lesson plan?

• Is your lesson plan a description of what you do or what your students do?

Teach?

• Most teachers don’t focus on how students will receive and organize new information.

• Instead they focus on how they will send it.

The Golden Circle Concept (Simon Sinek)

• What a student-centered lesson plan would look like?

• What could be added to gear them toward how students learn best?

Check the following student-centered lesson plan and suggest any modifications:

Thank you…