The lesson plan affects the teacher’s skill, intelligence, ability and his personality. Following are the chief functions of planning:
It delimits the field of work of the teacher as well as of the students and provides a definite objective for each day’s work
As the goal is determined, the teacher gets impetus to realize his goal
It tends to prevent wandering from the subject and going off the way. It serves as a check on the possible wastage of time and energy of the teachers and students. It makes teaching systematic, orderly and economical
Planning helps the teacher to organize and systematize the learning process. The activities in the lesson are well knit, interconnected and associated. The continuity of the educative process is ensured.
Planning helps to avoid needless repition
Planning helps the teacher to overcome the feeling of nervousness and insecurity. It gives him confidence to face the class.
Lesson planning gives opportunities to the teacher to think out new ways and means of making the lesson interesting and to introduce thought-provoking questions
Lesson planning enables the teacher to link the new knowledge with the previous knowledge acquired by students
Lesson planning ensured a proper connection of new lesson with the previous lesson
Lesson planning ensures a definite assignment for class and availability of adequate materials for the lesson
Lesson planning enables the teacher to prepare a suitable scheme of selection and organization of subject-matter, materials and activities
Lesson planning enables the teacher to prepare pivotal questions and illustrations
Lesson planning makes it possible to provide for individual differences in pupils
Lesson planning enables the teacher to provide for suitable summaries
Lesson planning provides for an adequate checking of the outcomes of instruction
Lesson planning helps the teacher as well as the taught in fixing new learning by making adequate provision for drill work, practice and revision.
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