Running head: POST SECONDARY LESSON PLAN
Post Secondary Lesson Plan
Carnell Durant
AET525
March 13, 2014
Mr. Gil
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A brief search for a lesson plan via any search online engine or the local library will produce a
plethora of material for almost every topic. This paper discusses will review a post-secondary
lesson plan and differentiate the content that is to be learned. This will be based upon four
differentiated instructional methods.
Differentiate by Content
The necessity to differentiate class content is a matter of determining what is taught or
how students gain access to the content. If necessary teachers or facilitators have the option of
providing their students with “books on tape, reading material based upon their individual
reading level, varied topics for research, independent study options”. At the Hector Garza
Residential Treatment Center, students are placed in the same group based primarily upon their
age. Some of these individuals have not attended school on a regular basis for various reasons.
Others are not at the same level of mental capacity due to drug and alcohol abuse by themselves
or their family. The school within the treatment center does an outstanding job of having a
minimum of one teacher and two aides that cater to the individual needs of the student. For
example in the science class students there are a dozen students divided into those that are
learning biology, or chemistry. There is a one or two that work independently based upon how
many credits they need to graduate. The content is varied whether the student is a seventeen year
old that only needs three credits to complete science or another individual of the same age that is
only working at the ninth-grade level. The needs of the student and the best method of learning
dictates the best method to provide instruction.
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Instructional Strategies
The necessity for varying or modifying the instructional strategies for a lesson plan
depends upon various criteria. The primary purpose of differentiating instruction should take into
consideration the various ways students prefer to learn, what interests they possess, knowledge
level, and how they respond to the current instructional strategies. What subject the instructor is
attempting to teach will play a significant part to determine the appropriate strategies.
“Differentiated instruction is a process to approach teaching and learning for students of
differing abilities in the same class." You can differentiate content, process or product. The intent
of differentiating instruction is to maximize each student's growth and individual success by
meeting each student where he or she is, and assisting in the learning process.
The End Product
The end product in a lesson plan is the goal that you desire your students to achieve.
Whether it’s learning how to tread water for two minutes for a lifesaving course or to determine
the best way to navigate the internet successfully for beginning users. The only question finding
the best method that is fair to all students, and not creating more confusion than clarification of
the subject matter the students will master.
The Learning Environment and Different Learning Styles
Modifying the environment to accommodate different learning styles is an interesting and
challenging proposition. Whether it's the tradition in-house instruction, online or a hybrid class
the crux of the matter is to provide each student's learning style with a maximum potential to
successfully absorb the subject matter.
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References
Brittany Robinson (2008). Post-Secondary Lesson Plan Retrieved from
https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Post+Secondary+Lesson+Plan+Example
Differentiating Content (n.d.). Retrieved from http://differentiation.asbwiki.wikispaces.net/Differentiating+Content
Expert’s Guide to Lesson Plan (n.d.) Retrieved from: https://teacher-technologytoolkit.wikispaces.com/file/view/Experts%20Guide%20Lesson%20Plans.doc/149804075/Expert
s%20Guide%20Lesson%20Plans.doc
Private Career School Postsecondary Daily Lesson (n.d.). Retrieved from:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Completed+postsecondary+lesson+plan&ie=utf-8&oe=utf8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb#