3. Planning lessons
‘Planning lessons’ is one of the five perspectives of Friendly and Fair Teaching (FFT). Teachers alternate between teacher-centred education and student-centred education. With this perspective, teachers gradually give their students more responsibility. With that responsibility, they enable their students to acquire skills on their own. Students work on their own projects at their own pace. They connect with subjects, with each other and with the world. Teacher and students assess each other. Mutual assessment and collaboration accelerate everyone’s development.
Introduction: planning lessons
When teaching the entire class, I get my students excited about a topic. When my students are working independently, they have the opportunity to chart their own course within a structure I provide. By doing so, I increase their intrinsic motivation and autonomy. I ask my students to rate my lessons. Their suggestions help me improve the teaching material.
3.1 Student-centred education
When my students are working independently, they make their own plans and work on them at their own pace. I encourage my students to work together and consult fellow students and/or experts. In the role of coach, I mainly ask my students questions. Making their own decisions, and the way I assess, motivates my students and ensures that each student emerges as a unique person. In the learning environment that I prepare for my students, Qualification, Socialization and, above all, Subjectivation are central.
3.2 Collaboration
By having my students cooperate in different ways, they not only develop their cognitive skills but also develop socially.
3.3 Assessment
I assess my students in a way that makes them independent, increases their intrinsic motivation and improves their results. I ask my students to assess my teaching style and my teaching materials. This gives me valuable information to improve my teaching.
3.4 Teacher-centred education
When teaching the entire class, I take the group by the hand. I call for attention and explain something to the whole group. I connect exercises or assignments to my explanations so that my students become familiar with what I have just covered.
