Backward design

Backward design

1. Curriculum design

   • Set goals and specify purposes
   • Before planning look for forms of assessment
   • Diagnose students needs to guide our teaching
   • Teaching and learning priorities guide by
     • National
     • District
       • Standars
     • Institutional
   • Consider students
     • Interests
     • Developmental level
     • Number
       • Large classes
       • Small classes
     • Previous achievement

2. Stages

   • Desired results are...
     • What should students...
       • know?
       • understand?
       • be able to accomplish?
     • Understandings students will have
       • Big ideas
       • Specific understandings
     • Essential questions
     • Examine standars
   • Evidence and assessment
     • What wiill accept as evidence of student learning?
     • Think like an assessor before design
       • Units
       • Lessons
       • Course
     • Performance task
       • Task students will complete to demonstrate
         • Desired understandings
         • They have attained the goals
     • Assessments should be...
       • Formative
       • Summative
   • Learning plan
     • Employ
       • Individual learning
       • Instructional strategies
     • To achieve desired results we should enable
       • Knowledge such as
         • Facts
         • Concepts
         • Principles
       • Strategies
         • Resources
         • Information

3. Uncoverage

   • Any idea acessible regardless teaching method used
   • Design experiences to obtain understandings
   • Formative assesments could be planned during instruction
   • Different from coverage
     • It covers all the facts, but only superficial details
       • Oversimplifications
     • It doesn't have clear purposes
       • Makes learning harder

4. Teachers

   • They should play several roles such as
     • Direct instructor
     • Constructivist facilitator
     • Performance coach
     • Designer of instruction
     • Student work evaluator
     • Self-assesor
     • Their roles depend on
       • Goals
       • Learners
       • Context
   • Facilitator of knowledge, not holder of it.
   • Use multiple techniques to check understandings

5. Teacher experience

   • Bilingual school
     • Implement interculturality ideas to improve students knowledge
     • Are part of the educational community
       • Parents
         • They support the learning process
         • Don't know English, but are motivated to learn ir
         • They have an active participation and are invited to see the projects
       • Students
         • They are proud of their school
         • Love to learn English
         • 300 inscriptions, but 30 are received
       • Teachers
         • Learn English to teach in English
         • They are a team and help each other
         • Face many challenges
     • Current situation: Virtual teaching
       • • Some challenges are...
           • Economic issues
             • 1 computer for 4 kids
           • Teachers aren't good at technology
           • They have to be creative to design lessons
           • Communication
             • It must be trough messages on WhatsApp
               • Teachers try to send feedback every day
           • Internet conection
     • Some requirements are...
       • 15 hours of English
       • B2 certificate
       • Curriculum in English
       • Appropiate enviroment to learn English