Components of an effective Lesson Plan

As a teacher it is our continuous endeavor to improve the teaching-learning process. The satisfaction a teacher gets when his/her students enjoy as well as add value during the lesson is immeasurable.
Furthermore, in our continuous effort to improve classroom experiences, let me pose two questions:

1.    Are there any key features that make an effective lesson? If yes, Please elaborate.

2.    Explain how writing lesson plan is beneficial for teachers. 

Please feel free to post answers to these questions in the comments section. You are also welcome to read the comments of others and enrich the discussion with your comments.

New Age Learning

Personalised learning and Inclusive learning are now ingrained words for new age learning- teaching. Our endeavor today should be to put these words into practice. The 21^st century learner needs to be adept at communication in order to collaborate with peers. Critical thinking and thinking out of the box will become key skills apart from 3 R’s i.e. reading, writing and arithmetic. Practice of inclusive strategies has a key role in present day curriculums and the teachers who are participants of CIDTL have wholeheartedly started practicing these strategies at their workplace. 

The International Association for K-12 Online Learning describes "Learner Profiles as involving capturing the individual skills, gaps, strengths, weaknesses, interests, and aspirations of each student. Creating an individual pathway for each student, based on his or her unique learner profile; continually assessing students' progress against clearly defined standards and goals helps in creating enriched and personalized environment. Multiple options and approaches of delivery of instruction to support student learning and some student control over how they learn have also been included in the 5 key elements of personalized learning."

Source: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-04-01-five-key-elements-of-personalized-learning