Question

What are the essential steps involved in Unit Planning?

1. Content analysis and objective setting.
2. Deciding on learning activities and teaching strategies.
3. Developing a testing procedure for evaluation.
4. Focusing solely on teacher-centered instruction.

• A. 1, 2, 3
• B. 1 only
• C. All
• D. 3 only

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 1, 2, 3

Type of planning

Planning may be of three types

1. Year planning

2. Unit planning

3. Lesson planning

Unit planning

• A well planned unit integrates a well knit set of related Icarning activities to be taken for their effective transaction.

• A unit is a compound of lessons and not a mixture of lessons

• According to Preston a unit is as large a block of related subject matter as can be overviewed by the learner

• The two type most common types of unit plan are the learning unit and the resources unit.

A unit plan should be

• Compact as a whole Aims should be clear and well defined It should provide activities for students

• It should cater to the needs, interest and capabilities of students

• It should be flexible enough for individual differences

• Must have provision for evaluation and follow up activites

• Teaching aids must be specific

• Provides correlation to life and other subjects

• Provides for projects, field trips etc.

• Can be completed within the time limit

Steps in Unit Planning

Content analysis or content over view

• The course content is analysed inte ten fats, concepts, principles process, la generalisation, etc. This helps the tracker himself in achieving subject competency and in increasing his self confidence

Objectives and specifications

• By going through the analysed confunt de teacher should identify general and specife objectives of the unit .

Learning activities

• The teacher decides suitable activities the may be provided for students, for providing objective based learning experience. Keeping in mind individual differences, the psychology of learning, the content, objectives and suitable learning activities can be planned. This also include the specific teaching methods, strategies and aids.

Testing procedure

• This involves the choice of suitable evaluatin tools and the techniques through which h teacher can evaluate pupil achievements ferma of realination of objectives

• A resource unit is a pool of materials and ideas, related to the theme or the problem posed in the unit concerned.

  Steps in the preparation of a resource unit

• Title

• Introduction

• General objectives

• Content analysis

• Activities

• Teaching material and sources

• Evaluation procedures

• Editing