Objectives

Burton (pp. 30-44)

-most critical feature of the lesson
-expresses the specific and fundamental learning (30)
-requires careful balancing of support and challenge
*only one objective
Considerations:
-developmental
-diversity of group
-richness
-build on and incorporate prior learning, opens doors to future learning
-Objectives should be focused and fundamental
-needs and understandings of children
-materials, concepts, practices, processes involved with the content/
subject
matter
-lessons should invite curiosity and imagination
-should invite children to be curious about their worlds and about ideas, and
use their imagination to call to mind reflection experiences that are
important to them
-two uses of imagination: calling to mind and stretching thinking
Thought: As a teacher we think objective and we think about what we want
to teach childrenBurton article reminds us that we also want our objective
to be rich enough to provoke additional issues, ideas, extensions, and
questions which act as a spur to curiosity, imagination and invention ---this
is a much greater challenge, but an important one (Burton, p.31)
To learn about color vs. To explore mixing combinations of colors and
learn that different combinations can be grouped in a painting based on
different places
Focused & fundamental objectives:
-specificity
-invitation for children to explore
-what will be learned is clear
-inspires thinking and reflection
-Some objectives can lean towards:
-learning in materials
-self-world subject matter
-concepts and techniques

-appraisal and critique

*Examples of focused and fundamental objects p.35- 44