PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES Background You are on the [Course Title] attached to the [Name of Establishment] in [Location]. Prelims for Self Whiteboard: Position (in room relative to instructor & students). Whiteboard pens: (number and colours required). Flipchart: stating name, title & objectives (if used). Whiteboard Eraser. Prelims for Students Seating arrangements. Can they see you clearly? Are they comfortable Not to hot/cold? – Lighting can they see the instructional aids’ clearly? – Caveats Most establishments will utilise ready-made course material for instructors to use, i.e. death by PowerPoint. However, during the DITS course students are encouraged to use other instructional forms and aids. The DITS course is predicated on classroom-based teaching, i.e. indoors, and instructors will be required to adapt the session for outdoor-based classes. This template is based on a 20 minute lesson as conducted on the DITS course. Normal military lessons are 40 minutes in duration with, approximately, 4 minutes preliminaries and introduction, 32 minutes main theme, and 4 minutes consolidation.
PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES Background You are on the [Course Title] attached to the [Name of Establishment] in [Location]. Prelims for Self Whiteboard: Position (in room relative to instructor & students). Whiteboard pens: (number and colours required). Flipchart: stating name, title & objectives (if used). Whiteboard Eraser. Prelims for Students Seating arrangements. Can they see you clearly? Are they comfortable – Not to hot/cold? Lighting – can they see the instructional aids’ clearly? Caveats Most establishments will utilise ready-made course material for instructors to use, i.e. death by PowerPoint. However, during the DITS course students are encouraged to use other instructional forms and aids. The DITS course is predicated on classroom-based teaching, i.e. indoors, and instructors will be required to adapt the session for outdoor-based classes. This template is based on a 20 minute lesson as conducted on the DITS course. Normal military lessons are 40 minutes in duration with, approximately, 4 minutes preliminaries and introduction, 32 minutes main theme, and 4 minutes consolidation.