Goals are our guiding star. Begin our lesson with a clearly and defined lesson objective.

Guiding principles:

1. Begin with the end in mind. With a clear and specific lesson objective we will have a sense of direction. No amount of far-fetched question or comment from our students, no amount of unnecessary interruption or disruption can derail our intended lesson for the day.
2. Share lesson objective with students. Our lesson ought to begin with a statement and clarification of our lesson objective. Make your students own the lesson objective. This lesson objective when shared and possessed by our students will become their personal target.
3. Lesson objectives must be in the two or three domains- knowledge, skills and values. Dominantly cognitive if it is meant primarily for knowledge and acquisition and dominantly psychomotor if it is intended for the acquisition and honing of skills. Lesson objectives in the affective domain are mainly focused on attitude and value formation. A cognitive or a skill lesson must always include the affective dimension for wholistic learning .What is most important according to this principle is that our lesson is wholistic ad complete because it dwells on knowledge and values or on skills and values or on knowledge, skills and values.
4. Work on significant and relevant lesson objectives. Our lesson objective must be connected to our students’ life experiences.
5. Lesson objective must be aligned with the aims of education as embodied in the Philippine Constitution and other laws and on the vision-mission statements of the educational institution of which you are a part. This means that the aims and goals of education as provided for I our laws filter down to our lesson objectives.
6. Aim at the development of critical and creative thinking. This is said more than done. Our teaching strategies and technique must be such that they serve as catalyst in the development of higher-order-thinking skills (HOTS) and creative thinking skills.
7. For accountability of learning, lesson objectives must be SMART, i.e., Specific Measurable, Attainable, Result-oriented and Relevant Time-bound and Terminal. With SMART objectives we depart from the unsound practice of teaching that is so spread out that in the end we find ourselves unclear on what test we are going to give to assess learning and the is greater match between instruction and assessment.

We can contribute very much to the realization of our school’s vision-mission because our lesson objectives are based on its statements.

By: Rose Angel Pacheco | T-I | Limay National High School