Lesson-Constructor (TRIZ Tools)
- The "Little Prince" educational complex
- Oct 7
- 2 min read
The teacher makes the school a school. Every person involved in education occasionally finds themselves entangled in various thoughts and ideas. These thoughts primarily revolve around questions like: "What qualities should a modern teacher possess?", "What should 21st-century students know, learn, and be able to do?", "What should we revise during the current academic year to achieve tangible results and success?", and similar questions.
As already mentioned, the teacher is the core of teaching; everything is in the teacher's hands. Only as a result of daily monitoring and self-reflection will the teacher become a master, a virtuoso. This formulation seems to be the answer to the 3rd of the posed questions. Many, many people have surely tried and are still trying to find the answer to the question: "What are the most important skills for modern students?" The above questions are closely related and, why not, complement each other.
The lesson-constructor is a wonderful innovative technique, the application of which will allow the teacher to make the learning process extremely interesting and practical: to perform tasks that they haven't tried before, to think and analyze again and again, to offer new solutions (critical thinking), and most importantly, to stimulate children's curiosity (the art of asking questions), unique thinking, and creativity (TRIZ tools). These are the qualities that aim for competency-based and modern teaching.
The lesson-constructor is an innovative technique for lesson modeling that resembles a living organism: it "breathes," undergoes changes and re-modeling. It has a clear implementation algorithm – a step-by-step process that includes 7 consecutive and complementary phases:
Beginning of the lesson.
Explanation of new material.
Consolidation, skill development, experimentation.
Repetition.
Control/Assessment.
Homework.
End of the lesson.
During lesson modeling, the presence of each phase is very important, and at the same time, it "breathes" and becomes even more flexible due to the diversity of applied techniques and changes in the topic. This modeling technique is applicable both when planning topics for elementary school subjects and in the process of planning subject lessons for middle and high school.
Author of the material: Methodologist of "The Little Prince" Educational Complex - Anna Arushanyan
