Meaningful learning seems to be the light at the end of the road of teaching. However as teachers and designers walk the path, engaging colourful and sparkling materials appear and diffuse the ultimate goal. Fantastic and entertaining activities offer teachers the opportunity to take a short cut that students seem to like but that never leads them to the finishing line.
Therefore, the lost teachers must wonder what to do with their lost pupils. What to do? What to do? Go backwards! Do not follow the sparkling materials without first assuring they are not empty and that they subordinate to the great white aim called: Learning Results. Moreover, teachers should not even start walking without having stated what the light is going to be. First step. Second step: teachers must determine what are going to be the obstacles in the path that will evidence whether students got into the learning results light or not. Finally, third step: Teachers must think on how to make students to walk the path, defeat the obstacles, and fully get the expected results.
Summing up, the three backward steps to follow before we get ourselves and our students into the road are:
1. Identify desired results
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences and instruction
(Gran Wiggins and Jay Mc Tighe. P.18)
DON’T GET LOST. PLEASE ENTER BACKWARDS!
learning results...final results... expected results...oh!!! what a nice symphony teachers may compose if together with their students could finally untie disabilities and cross the line towards learning...towards meaningful learning...knowledge and success
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ResponderEliminarFor me, the ideal approach to planning doesn't exist. Though, UbD seems actually provide a purposefully and carefully way of thinking about planning curriculum in order to improve professional development and students' learning needs.
ResponderEliminarI do think that planning based on the desired results is the way to success. But, being realistic, having that awareness at the moment of planning is not easy. In fact, having a moment to plan our lessons is uncommon.
ResponderEliminarI believe that desired learning are the most important thing. Teacher must take into account the aims, but to achieve those aims you have to go through many things. Today if you ask me if I have enough time to achieve all my students' desired learnings, I will say NO, although I know the importance of them.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion, the lesson planning process is like an artist canvas. You start with a great idea, but the external conditions may lead you to a greater one or to a complete failure. Sometimes the best prepared lesson is the one which did not work, and sometimes, the other way around. However, Aims must never be forgotten in order to never forget where students should be leaded to.
ResponderEliminaruf... reading your lines make me dream... in a better way to do things... maybe the only one... as you pointed out, is not easy but there must be a way in that dark path...
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