A lesson is a structured period of time where learning occurs. It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one section of a textbook (which, apart from the printed page, can also include multimedia) or, more frequently, a short period of time during which learners are taught about a particular subject or taught how to perform a particular activity. Lessons are generally taught in a classroom but may instead take place in a situated learning environment. Learned redirects here. ... Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill, including learning and thinking skills. ... Textbooks are defined as a manual of instruction, a standard book in any branch of study. They are further defined by both the age of the person who is to study the text and the classification of the subject matter itself. ... Multimedia is the use of several different media to convey information (text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity). ... Categories: Stub | Education ... Situated learning is education that takes place in a setting functionally identical to that where the learning will be applied: workshop, kitchen, greenhouse and gardens used as classrooms stand-up role playing in the real world setting, including most military training field trips including archaeological digs and participant-observer studies...

In a wider sense, a lesson is an insight gained by a learner into a previously unfamiliar subject-matter. Such a lesson can be either planned or accidental, enjoyable or painful. When people "teach someone a lesson", they punish or scold them for a mistake they have made in order to ensure that they do not make the same mistake again.

Types of lesson

There are many different formats and structures of lessons:

• One teacher/instructor with many students
• Private tuition (one-on-one teaching)
• No teacher presence, perhaps a formal learning time with use of textbooks or multimedia

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Lesson plan

Teachers and instructors usually have a lesson plan which dictates the structure of the teaching. A group of lessons may be linked together in a scheme of work. The detail of the plan may vary with some being a simple list of what is going to be taught in a lesson with others working to a strict methodology, including a time plan and the learning aims and objectives. A scheme of work defines the structure and content for teachers in their subject. ... The word Methodology is used in several ways. ...

When creating the lesson plan it is usual to look at the following:

• The aims and objectives of the lesson
• The number of attendees and the student-teacher ratio
• The previous knowledge of the learners (which may or may not be the same for all)
• The motivation of the learners (school students, for example, have no choice but to attend)
• The time required for each section of teaching and learning
• The resources required and available
• Catering for the different learning styles of the individuals

Definition The term learning styles refers to the preferred way(s) in which individuals interact with, take in, and process new stimuli or information across the three domains of learning identifed in the taxonomy of education objectives: cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (attitude). ...

Etymology

The word lesson comes from Latin lectio "the action of reading (out)". From there, the word was also used for the text itself, very often a passage from the Bible read out during a religious service ("first lesson", "second lesson"). Finally, any portion of a book to be studied was referred to as a lesson. Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ...

See also

• Music lesson
• Lesson is the standard taxonomic attribution for René-Primevère Lesson, as in Green Hermit, Phaethornis guy (Lesson, 1833).

While many individuals are content to play a musical instrument by ear or by practicing individual pieces until a reasonable proficiency is achieved, others wish to develop mastery of one or more instruments, and commonly seek formal instruction in the form of music lessons. ... Taxonomy (from Greek ταξινομία (taxinomia) from the words taxis = order and nomos = law) may refer to either a hierarchical classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification. ... René Lesson. ... Binomial name Phaethornis guy Lesson, 1833 The Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from Panama and Costa Rica south to eastern Peru, northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad. ...

External links

• Teachers.net (http://teachers.net/lessons/) – one of many sites aimed at the sharing of lesson plans
• Lessons for webpage design and promotion (http://websiting.blogspot.com/)
• Basic computer usage lessons (http://www.christiannerds.com/)
• Comedy writing lesson (humorous) (http://www.webgentry.com/gp/comedy/comedy101.htm)