EDT 664 Strategic Lesson Planning

This course is designed to assist teachers in public and private schools in creating more effective lesson plans by aligning their plans with their students' learning styles. This course combines meta-analysis with current action research. By combining these two fields of educational research, students will be able to create lesson plans that are efficient, effective, research based and differentiated. The identification and approach to each of the learning styles presented in the book The Strategic Teacher by Harvey F. Silver, Richard W. Strong, and Matthew J. Perini will form the foundation for the course. The course will explore the following: direct and indirect instruction, reading for meaning, concept attainment, compare and contrast, reciprocal learning, decision making, task rotation, and metaphorical instruction. (3 credits)