授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく)

Compound of 授業(じゅぎょう) ('class; lesson') and 計画(けいかく) ('plan'). A practical, everyday word used in primary, secondary, and higher education to refer to the teacher's written plan for what to cover in class. Can refer to a single lesson's plan or to a broader course-level plan.

Usage

• Used throughout education — from elementary-school teacher training to university pedagogy courses.
• At universities, overlaps heavily with シラバス ('syllabus'), though 授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく) is the native-Japanese equivalent that appears on official forms.
• Typical verbs: 立(た)てる ('to draw up'), 作(つく)る ('to make'), 提出(ていしゅつ)する ('to submit'), 変更(へんこう)する ('to change'), 見直(みなお)す ('to review').
• Often discussed together with 学習指導要領(がくしゅうしどうようりょう) ('national curriculum guidelines') as the macro framework that lesson plans align with.

Common collocations

• 授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく)を立(た)てる: to draw up a lesson plan
• 授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく)を作成(さくせい)する: to create a lesson plan
• 授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく)を提出(ていしゅつ)する: to submit a lesson plan
• 授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく)に沿(そ)って: in line with the lesson plan
• 年間(ねんかん)授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく): annual lesson plan

Similar words

• 指導案(しどうあん): teaching plan — more specific term for a detailed, single-lesson plan used in teacher training and school inspections; includes minute-by-minute steps.
• シラバス: syllabus — standard at universities; covers course-level goals, evaluation, and weekly topics.
• 学習指導要領(がくしゅうしどうようりょう): national curriculum guidelines — the government-issued framework all school lesson plans must follow.
• カリキュラム: curriculum — the overall program of study across multiple courses, broader than a single 授業計画(じゅぎょうけいかく).
• 教案(きょうあん): lesson plan — older / more traditional term, largely synonymous with 指導案(しどうあん) but less common in modern use.