pecific knowledge, practical skills, areas of professional development, attitudes, or higher-order thinking skills that instructors expect students to develop, learn, or master by the end of their learning.
The value of backward design
challenges students and educator to think like an assessor
allows for meaningful, student centered learning
ensures that expectations and how to echieve them are clearare clear
instills purpose in your tasks and lessons by having a goal in sight
Backward design
Plan learning experiences and instruction
2. Determine acceptable evidence
1. identify desired results first
considerations
create a visual curriculum map
identify constraints that can impact learning outcomes
create specific and clear learning goals and outcomes
student needs
Select a type of design
problem centered
learner centered
subject centered
What Does it Mean?
ultimate goal of curriculum design is to improve student learning
other goals include meeting the needs of students and providing a flow of goals and expectations
Important considerations when creating curricula:
plan you evaluation and assessment methods
plan your instructional methods
reflect on how much time you have to teach the material
start with learning goals
curriculum design is being purposeful with your lesson design to ensure meaningful, student'-centered learning
