EME2040-Reflection#2

A behaviorist lesson plan is a way the teacher comprehends the lesson and how the students will learn it, and the objective of it. The behaviorist lesson plan has eight different steps. It includes the purpose/objective which explains the purpose of the lesson, anticipatory set which is a small activity to grab the students’ attention before the lesson begins, input is the things that need to be known in the lesson, modeling shows the students how something is supposed to look concrete in a visual way, guided practice the teacher shows the students the correct way of doing it, CFU to make sure students are understanding the material correctly, independent practice the teacher lets the students work on their own to see if they can do it, and lastly closure is the review of the entire lesson. The constructivist lesson plan is a more revise version of how they’ve been used years ago. It consists of six important elements. It involves: situation which has to do with what the students will have to deal with, groupings which specifies how it will be done either as a whole classroom or individually, etc, the bridge connects what they knew before with the new material they will be learning, questions will be done to challenge the students on what is being taught, exhibit is making a visual image/concrete thing on what was being taught so they can see each other’s different opinions. Last, reflection the students will express what they thought of each other’s exhibit. Through a constructivist plan everything is subject to change. On the other hand, a behaviorist approach doesn’t allow any change to happen, everything always remains the same. For example, the constructivist idea is used sometimes for punishment because there will always be a different punishment used when the child does something wrong depending on what it is that they did, this is obviously something that would be subject to change. I believe the lesson plan I would use would be the behaviorist one only because I am an organized person and like to do things as a routine. Once you do things as a routine, your students will begin to get used to doing things the right way and it will stick with them. If you are always changing, then there is no pattern of organization for them. Of course the lesson plan is also more detailed and consists of two more steps than the other one.