This document provides a template for planning an educational session, including sections for the session name and type, alignment with course assessments, student profile and prior knowledge, session aims and learning outcomes, rationale for teaching methods, required materials, timing breakdown, and feedback collection methods. The template is designed to help educators thoroughly design all aspects of a session to maximize student learning and assessment of objectives.

1. PCTHE
Session Plan – suggested headings
Name of the session:
Session type:
(e.g. lecture, lab tutorial, supervision, mentoring, seminar, studio)
How the session is aligned with your module/course assessment:
Outline of student profile and prior knowledge:
Aims of the session:
Learning Outcomes of the session:
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
A rationale (theoretical underpinning) for choice of methods:
Materials/resources needed:
Timing of the session:
(this should include your and your students’ activities at each stage, as in the blank table
below)
Time Activity What you are What your Resources
needed doing students are
doing
Methods used to collect student/colleague feedback: