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Importance of lesson planning to a teacher

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1. Prior to presenting the lesson it is important for the teacher to “think through,” or visualize how the lesson will be taught. This is done through lesson planning.
2. He/or she can then anticipate learning difficulties and decide how to overcome them.
3. The lesson plan helps in the organization of tools, materials and aids necessary for effective teaching and learning.
4. The lesson plan gives the instructor confidence while teaching and helps to: -
- Provide needed motivation
- Give proper emphasis where/when it is needed
- Ensure that all essential information is included.
- Provide for the use of instructional aids

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1. They are used as basis for the lesson to be presented. They give the teacher an agenda or
outline to follow as the teaching takes place.
2. They enable the teacher to be familiar with the teaching content and to visualize the best
way of covering it.
3. They serve as a guide/road map to the teacher on the content to be taught in order to
avoid vagueness and irrelevancies.
4. They serve as a memory bank, reminding the teacher of the main points to focus on
during the lesson. This becomes important incase of a memory lapse an interruption or a
distraction.
5. They give the teacher security and confidence, especially to a beginning teacher who can
walk into a classroom with the confidence gained from having a well- developed and
organized framework for the day's instruction.
6. They act as an orderly sequencing of content and learning activities in a lesson.
7. They improve the teacher's performance by acting as a basis for future planning.
- Insert questions at the proper time
- Stay on schedule.

Titany answered the question on September 15, 2021 at 07:45

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