Educational Planning
Need,Steps and Scope
Need of Educational Planning:
Why is
planning needed in Education?
It gives us clarity about:
1. What the pupils will learn
2. How the pupils will learn
3. How we will know that the pupils
have learned.
a)
For
teacher:
‘‘Planning maps out what learning activities
you will conduct in the classroom. What materials you will need and what
assessments you will give.’’
b)
For
students:
‘‘Any lesson plan that does not focus on
student learning is incomplete’’.
c )
For
administration:
‘‘Planning informs administrators
of how you will go about addressing academic standards and preparing students
for standardized tests’’.
Steps
of Educational Planning:
1.
Diagnosis of Educational
Development
A diagnosis of the
education system is an important and initial step towards developing plan.
Diagnosis forms an important step in understanding the system itself. Diagnosis
in planning is a process of making a realistic assessment regarding what and
how much has already been achieved till now. The diagnosis exercise attempts to
identify these constraints so that they are removed while implementing the next
plan.
2.
Planning for Formulation
i Formulation of Educational Goals:
In this step of planning educational goals would have been formulated in
relation to the felt needs, requirements and resources.
ii. Formulation of a Specific Programme
of objectives: In this step of the educational planners
make planning for formulation of a set of objectives in contextual perspective.
These objectives may refer to the instructional objectives or expected outcomes
in particular of an educational programme of an educational institution or organisation.
3.
Planning for Implementation:
This
step of educational planning relates with the practical aspect of an
educational programme in which there is the interplay of available
resources-human, material, financial. But it is through the human resources a
plan can be properly implemented. For this before implementation of the plan,
planning must be done on the role and responsibilities of every member of the
educational programme.
4.
Planning for Monitoring:
Planning
must be done for monitoring of an educational programme by the competent
personnel during the implementation and towards the end of an educational
programme. As a result the scope for refinement and development of an
educational programme for adequate realization of educational objectives will
be ensured.
5.
Planning for Evaluation:
This
step of educational planning implies that the major concern of this step is to
know to what extent the plan has been effective to fulfill the needs of the
educational programme and to find out the defects in the process of
implementation of an educational programme. This evaluation can be done by a
committee of competent personnel.
Scope of Educational Planning
i. Identification
of Objectives and strategies:
By this we mean that educational planning helps in identifying and defining the
objectives and the strategies, programmes, procedures, policies and standards
which education needs to be more effective and efficient.
ii. Proper Distribution of Scarce Resources: By scarce resources, we mean the limited resources which are
available to satisfy our wants (needs).
iii. Educational Planning aids decision making: Educational Planning helps decision makers at all levels
to reach a better and well informed decision.
No comments:
Post a Comment