Checklist for finalising the course programme
When you think you have finished your preparations ask yourself these questions:
Can you explain the progression?
Check coherence and chronology of teaching units and lectures
Is the order of teaching modules (over a week or over a month) optimising the appropriation of the content? Or should the lessons be dispersed evenly all through the course, as with language training, for example?
Check optimising strategies according to timetable
Can the multidisciplinary content be improved?
Check that cross-cutting skills are being favoured
Have you programmed a wide range of teaching methods? (classwork, practical work, field trips, meetings with professionals etc.)
Check that learning dynamics and student interaction are stimulating; avoid dull tasks
Is the general rhythme of the course well planned, with time for individual study and extra-curricular activities? Are fulfilment and personal growth encouraged?
Have you taken into account the effect the seasons could have on the organisation?
Check the growth cycles for agricultural training courses and also availability of professionals who may have an annual busy period not forgetting public holidays and school holidays...
