AIMS, OBJECTIVE & IMPORTANCE OF LESSON

PLANNING

Lesson planning should clearly outline the exact aims and objectives of
your lesson, so that you can clearly identify the learning goals for your
students during a lesson. All the goals of a lesson plan should be SMART:
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-Appropriate. Organizing
a defined lesson plan will enable you and your students to succeed in your
teaching and learning environment.
Aims
Aims are general statements briefly outlining the content of the training
being offer. Well written objectives are much more specific and should clarify
the aims in more detail. Well written aims and objectives will help to provide a
sound basis for identifying the content of a course or training program.
Defining Aims

1. Aims provide the teacher with the goal of the teaching-learning process.
In other words, you know your destination when you begin instruction.
They answer the question, “what are the students supposed to know or be
able to do once the unit or lesson is completed?”
2. Aims provide a clear framework for assessment is, after all, an effort to
determine to what extent students have reached or achieved the objective.
3. Aims provide the students direction and a goal for learning. Students have
a better opportunity to stay the course when they know the goal of the
learning.

What are Learning Objectives?

Learning Objectives are statements that describe what a learner will be

able to do as a result of learning. They are sometimes called learning outcomes.
Learning Objectives are also statements that describe what a learner will be able
to do as a result of teaching. Some definitions stress that a learning objective is
a sort of contract that teachers make with learners that describes what they will
be able to do after learning that they could not do before, the 'added value' of
teaching. However the connection between teaching and learning is not a simple
one. Just because knowledge or skills are taught does not mean that particular
knowledge or skills are learned. Many factors can interfere with the
achievement of objectives: the existing knowledge of the learner, the relevance
or usefulness of the material presented the skills of the teacher.

What are the difference between Aims and Objectives?

Aims are general statements concerning the overall goals, ends or

intentions of teaching. Objectives are the individual stages that learners must
achieve on the way in order to reach these goals. For example a teacher might
have an aim that a student should be able to complete and use a good lesson
plan. However to achieve this aim a series of objectives must be met.

A lecturer might have as an overall aim that students should understand

the relationship between protein structure and function. To achieve this aim the
following objectives might have to be met: describe amino acid structure, list
common categories of amino acid, explain how peptide bonds are formed and
how hydrophobic interactions create secondary structures, etc, etc.

How do you write aims and learning objectives?

As a teacher you will need to decide what you want your learners to be
able to DO after they have learned something that you have taught. Many things
can be potentially learned during a teaching session but you will use your
judgement to focus on the most important outcomes for your learners at that
stage of their course. For example; if you want them to be able to complete a
lesson plan after you have explained the procedure, then, that would constitute
your aim. But to achieve that they may or should have to have attained a series
of objectives on the way. Some of these objectives might include the basic
knowledge behind a lesson plan, what it is and why we as teachers use them etc.
etc. Further skill objectives might include communicating with peers,
explaining the procedures etc. So the aims and objectives for one possible
teaching sequence might look like the following:

Aims: By the end of the session, students should be able.

To understand the difference between a good lesson plan and a

bad one and the individual meanings of Aims and Objectives.
 Objectives: In order to achieve this the student will be able to:

1. Explain why lesson plans are important to teachers.

2. State the differences between Aims and objectives.
3. Explain how they see themselves using lesson plans.
4. Describe what SMART targets are.

IMPORTANCE OF LESSON PLANNING

Lesson planning helps the teacher structure the syllabus in such a way
that they can be easily the student. It reduces the burden for both the student and
teacher. The teacher knows which topics they will be teaching on a certain day,
so s/he can prepare the required material for that day. The importance of the
lesson plan is there because if the teacher doesn’t plan how to teach the
students. They might end up burdening the students with so much workload that
they won’t be able to understand the lesson. While if the teacher doesn’t plan
properly, the children might end up learning only a small portion of what was
the original objective of the class. Either of the results would be bad, there
needs to be a balance of structure of course in such a way that the children are
neither burdened nor left so work-free that they learn nothing. Structuring a
course would mean planning the lesson in smaller parts
in such a way that one part builds on another.

Advantages of having a Lesson Plan

1. Inspiration
A thorough lesson plan inspired the teacher to improve the lesson
plan further. You can make it better for the purpose of achieving the
lesson plan in a better way.

2. Evaluation
A lesson plan helps the teacher to evaluate his teaching and to
compare it with set objectives. This evaluation will help you in achieving
the set targets in a better way .
3. Self-confidence
These lesson plans develops self-confidence in the teacher and
make them to work towards definite goal.

4. Previous Knowledge of the Students

A teacher can take a proper care by considering the level and
previous knowledge of the students in your class.

5. Organized Matter
A teacher will be able to finish a particular lesson in a limited time
frame. This will help him or her to make the students learn a better and
precise manner.

6. Ask Questions
A teacher will be able to ask proper and important questions to the
students in the classroom. This will engage the students in
communication and help them in retaining the lesson.

7. Guidance
A lesson plan works as a guide for the teacher in the classroom. It
tells you what to teach so that they can cover the entire lesson within a
limited time frame.

8. Interest
A lesson plan creates the interest of the students in the lesson and
makes them learn with curiosity in subject matter.

9. Stimulation
A lesson plan stimulates the teacher to think in an organized way.
This helps you to match the ideal standard of teaching more quickly than
ever.

10. Understand the Objectives

Through a lesson plan, a teacher is able to understand the
objectives of the lesson properly and make his students to understand
them too, with ease.
Need of lesson planning

 Through lesson planning the subject is organized properly.

 It keeps the teacher free from the faults of thoughtless teaching.

 It makes the proper atmosphere for learning process.

 The teacher also gets a clear idea about when they should start evaluation
and when they should proceed to the next lesson.

 Lesson plans helps in organized teaching and saves time.

 Lesson plans allow the teacher to apply appropriate strategy.

 Teacher will be more prepared and confident while teaching the lesson.

Conclusion
A lesson plan does not necessarily have to be a detailed script that
contains the plan of every interaction with students in the classroom. It should
preferably have the general overview of the aims and objectives of the course,
the plan of teaching and learning activities of the course and the activities
planned to check the students’ understanding. The driving force behind lesson
planning is the motivation for the teacher and hunger to learn more by students
is what keeps a teacher going.