Scheme_of_Work_Critique

Review of Scheme of Work: I feel that my scheme of work provides students with a good opportunity for successful learning. The scheme provides a framework for enjoyable, and interactive lessons; fulfilling one of the aims of the National curriculum for science. An area for improvement after reflection of my school experience is to include less verbal explanation of topics from a powerpoint presentation during some lessons, and provide students with the opportunity to find out and share the information for themselves through group activities and by researching information sheets; make lessons more engaging. Continuity and Progression: The scheme of work is organised to provide continuity and progression. Each lesson consolidates the information from the previous lesson, leading Assessment for Learning: “Assessment for learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by Learner’s and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there” (Assessment Reform Group, 2002). On reflection of my school experience, I don’t feel that that all the plenary activities in the scheme of work were effective in enabling me to assess all the students in the class. For example, in the traffic lights plenary in lesson one, I used the phrase ‘Does everyone know'’ to start most of my questions; so students felt that they needed to put up a green card indicating that they knew the answer to the question; in order to fit in. Modification of this plenary for future lessons would be to ask direct questions, and provide further questioning to the students who know the answer; providing differentiation and challenge to higher level students. My aim for future lessons is to make my assessment for learning more consistent in order to gain as more information from students; allowing me to differentiate the next lesson. Relationship to the National curriculum: This scheme of work covers 3.1: Organisms, behaviour and health a life processes are supported by the organisation of cells into tissues, organs and body system Review of the choice of materials and activities: Differentiation: Questioning during classes, mini plenaries, and plenary activities. Areas for Improvement: -Assessment for learning