**Step+by+Step+Guide+to+Unit+Planning



There are different conceptualisations of a Unit Plan with these having basic core content with additions that may be deemed necessary to specific contexts. The titles below are to be used in a Unit Plan (you may make additions but not deletions)


 * 1) Class
 * 2) Unit Title
 * 3) Time Frame
 * 4) National Educational Goals (extracted from policy documents to represent intent at the country/national level)
 * 5) Aims (represent intent at the school level. Converts national goals into school intentions)
 * 6) Big Idea
 * 7) Background Knowledge (what pre-knowledge candidates must possess to be able to follow this unit of work e.g. to teach multiplication a candidate must be comfortable with repeated addition)
 * 8) Misconceptions (what are some misconceptions that students normally hold about a topic that you will need to debunk e.g. in Science students think that "melt" and "dissolve" are the same thing)
 * 9) Reflection (includes a Rationale)
 * 10) Concept Map (shows the flow of ideas within the unit. Helps to indicate objectives and lessons)
 * 11) List of Lessons
 * 12) Resources Needed
 * 13) Types of students' experiences/activities to be provided
 * 14) Skills to be developed (should be linked to the National Goals as well as the Unit content)
 * 15) Assessment Strategies (should as far as possible match the philosophy of the Unit. So a constructivist Unit should not have only traditional types of assessment but should also have constructivist types of assessment)