The University of the West Indies, Mona

Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Lesson Plan III Forensic Anthropology
Outcome: Candidate will present an effective lesson plan and lessons
Name of candidate: Arvind Babu RAJENDRA SANTOSH

Lecturer
Arvind Babu RAJENDRA SANTOSH
Course/Subject

Assignment date: January 11, 2016 to April 30,

2016

Evaluated by: Dr. Alicia Palmer

Date
January 11, 2016 to April 30, 2016
Programme/ Degree Level

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)/Undergraduate

Forensic Dentistry
Performance Focus
1. Explain the role of forensic anthropologist in death scene investigation.
2. Describe and discuss the forensic anthropological methods in death scene investigation.
3. Explain biological profiling in forensic anthropology.
4. Explain the principles of sexual dimorphism.

Content Knowledge and Skills

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Steps in forensic anthropological analysis.

Biological profiling
Sex differentiation/sexual dimorphism.
Dental age estimation
Ethnicity identification from dental tissues (metric and non-metric parameters)

Specific Objectives
Successful completion of this lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Describe forensic anthropological methods.
2. Understand various dental age estimation methods and propose a dental age estimation method following a series of case studies.
3. Explain various metric and non metric dental identifiers for ethnic identification.

Initiation
1. This lesson will introduce the steps in forensic anthropological analysis. The data collection from anthropological specimens for the purpose of personal
identification in death scene investigation.
2. This lesson will emphasize on metric and non metric dental identifiers for the purpose of ethnicity identification from dental tissues.

Procedures
1. One two hour lecture session will be presented using MS PowerPoint presentation.
2. Our VLE chat room.

Closure
1. Our VLEs forum
2. Twitter comment following a one minute paper.
Assessment of Student Learning [How will you determine whether the objectives were met?]
1. Formative assessment: Review feedback from OurVLEs forum
2. Continuous examination: In course quizzes.
3. Summative assessment: Final theory/laboratory examination
Strategies for Technology Integration [How will you integrate technology use in this lesson in order to enhance the learning experience of your students?]
1. Multimedia presentation using MS PowerPoint, audio-visual casting from reliable educational web page.
2. Students are expected to bring their own laptop/tablets. Stable wired/wireless internet connection
3. The lecture series will be followed by subsequent Our VLE forum page.

Follow Up Work
1. The students will be instructed to access compulsory OurVLE forum page to engage them in continuous dialogue on the lesson content. This continuous
engagement is employed to brought forward will instigate the thought process through peer discussion.

Resources (Materials and/or Equipment)

1. David Senns Forensic Odontology 3rd edition from CBC Publishers
2. Shafers Textbook of Oral Pathology.
3. Smart device (laptop/tablet) with wired or wireless internet connection to access: Forensic Dentistry Course portal in Our VLE web page and You tube
page.

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