Chapter 4: Designing Instruction to Improve Teaching and Learning

This seems like a no brain idea of a chapter but after sitting through many college classes I think it is important for all future teachers to read this. Know where you want to go with your students and design your lessons to get everyone there. Being over prepared as a teacher is the only way to expect to succeed; it is too much to ask of yourself to think you can best reach all the students with poor plans and off the cuff ideas. You should differentiate ahead of time and think of ways that might better engage the students. In general having great lesson plans ahead of time makes you a better teacher and will make the students better learners.