Backward Design week 4

EDPC 605

Week 4.1

Creating a curriculum or lesson plan begins by identifying the desired results.

In order to accomplish this task, one needs to have a clear established goal. This can be achieved by, asking yourself thought provoking questions such as, “What skill and understanding would I like the student to gain from this unit/lesson?”

Essential questions are founded on the established goals and phrased to elicit the students’ inquisitive thinking.

Breaking down the established goal into individual understandings help us determine what we want the students to understand.

Knowledge and skills are long term desired results. They are based on the student understandings which in turn are guiding the students throughout the unit. The teacher will determine them by reflecting and expanding on the established goal.