Ideal Lesson Analysis

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We need to be aware that all children are different and have different styles of learning. An ideal lesson will aim to incorporate at least three to four different intelligences to reach out to more children. I personally am a big fan of the Multiple Intelligence Theory and its methodology because I have personally seen that “the more ways we teach, the more children we reach!” – The greater the meaning and connections from multiple contexts, the better. Making a topic web is a great lesson template to nurture the multiple intelligences while it reinforces real-life learning and inter-disciplinary relationships.

Ideas or tips:
1. Teachers can enhance their students’ verbal/linguistic intelligence by having them keep journals, play word games,
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Some pathways are more easily retrieved than others. Enriching experiences and great exposure can amount to far more knowledge and understanding than what one would receive from a textbook or a “chalk n talk” lesson. Don’t you have more vivid memories of a field trip, a special project or a neat school function compared to the daily lessons of your schooling? Retrieval is better where learning happens in contextual, episodic or event-oriented situations. This can be simply brought about by changing the location of a lesson, adding music or rhythm or even special props/guests/demonstrations/audiovisual support.The point is that “episodic memory” is more vivid and long lasting than memories of a textbook or other forms of rote learning. So make your lessons a joy to learn for a long-term impact!

DID YOU
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Most of what we learn is not taught to us; it is simply picked up or in other words, is non-conscious! The reason why the brain learns better with music, art and movement is because these tap into a far deeper source of non-conscious learning.
Ideas or tips:
Include music/jingles in lessons.
Have a pizza or ice cream party once in a while after finishing a unit or exam
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For example, gross motor exploration in young children helps them develop visual-spatial skills and creates neural pathways for succeeding in math and logical reasoning in school.Play is a “primary mechanism by which young children learn about themselves, their environment and their place in the world…Unstructured play provides a spontaneous and informal venue for recreation, socialization and learning, which changes over the course of childhood and adolescence. Through play, children learn about the physical, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, social and moral domains of their world…As children mature, play becomes more organized to include rules and negotiation…As a result, children also learn about themselves and how to relate to other people, preparing them for independent life.” (Boekhoven,

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