Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe Backward Design Why “backward” is best Deliberate and focused instructional design requires us as teachers and curriculum writers to make an important shift in our thinking about the nature of our job. The shift involves thinking a great deal‚ first‚ about the specific learnings sought‚ and the evidence of such learnings‚ before thinking about what we‚ as the teacher‚ will do or provide in teaching and learning activities. Though
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Running Head: BACKWARD DESIGN Backward Design Healthy community Title: How does a healthy community look like? Subject: English Topic: Healthy community Grade: 7 Designer: laila Established Goals: Talking and listening: • Communicate in simple formal and informal situations‚ expressing ideas and opinions clearly. • Vary strategies for talking and listening according to different familiar
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The concept of planning “backward” starting from desired results (the end in mind) is not new. In 1949 Ralph Tyler described this approach as an effective process for focusing instruction. Recently‚ Stephen Covey‚ in the bestselling book‚ Seven Habits of Highly Effective People‚ reports that effective people in various fields are goal-oriented and plan with the end in mind. Although not a new idea‚ the deliberate use of backward design for planning curriculum units and courses results in more clearly
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in the world of science. The primary focus of the debate is whether or not there is a God based on the design of the human eye. Many argue that the eye is proof that there is no God because of its backward design. However‚ some people‚ such as Bergman‚ believe that this backward design proves the opposite. Bergman and fellow believers argue that this design is more complex and a much better design than what a big bang and evolution could produce. Therefore‚ according to Bergman‚ the human eye is proof
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Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Julian West‚ the main character of Looking Backward‚ was born into a rich family in the late nineteenth century. The gap between the rich and poor was very huge and seemed impossible to fix. Like the other people of his high class‚ Julian thought that he was greater than the poor people‚ and he saw their constant strikes with anger and contempt. He was engaged to Edith Bartlett‚ who was a beautiful and graceful Boston lady. They planned to get married when the
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Podcasts and webcasts are easy ways to present and distribute information to listeners all around the globe. However there are several drawbacks to this form of media. The drawbacks can be divided into two sections. The first section can be directed towards the process of recording and producing the webcasts. In order to record a webcast you must have: recording equipment‚ a quiet room‚ and time. The second section is focused on the persons listening to the webcast. The webcast is strictly auditory
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The novel Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy is a social commentary on the problems of late 1800’s society. Bellamy compares the negative afflictions of his time to an imagined utopia of the future year 2000 in order to open the eyes of the reader. By doing this‚ he hopes to create a social awareness for the poor cultural and economic values so that future generations can change for the better. One of the conditions that afflicted America in 1887 was in regards to labor. When asked what he thought
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Drawbacks of 3D Movies According to IMDb.com‚ James Cameron’s Avatar has become the highest grossing film ever to achieve more than $2 billion. Avatar earned $2‚783‚165‚628 because 2/3 of its tickets sold are for 3D watching. This phenomena made people starts to think that this is the era of 3D. Now‚ almost every movie is produced in 3D. And to enjoy 3D movies at home‚ vendors start to provide 3D facilities such as 3D TVs‚ 3D Blu-Ray players‚ 3D projectors‚ etc. Despite the fact that 3D is very
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The drawbacks of Globalisation There are several problems with globalisation. This can be illustrated by the creation of multi-national companies; developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries. For instance‚ the European Union offer subsidies to farmers across Europe‚ which allows European farmers to have increased yields. So for a country like Kenya‚ they cannot export or sell agricultural goods as well as they could have. This economical factor puts
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Nothing is wrong with outsourcing. It just poses a number of risks when not handled well. Some companies may overlook a few details in implementing this new system that may lead to poor services and business losses. Some of the commonly sought drawbacks outsourcing include the shifting of managerial control‚ threat to security and confidentiality‚ quality issues‚ and dependency. Entering on a contract of outsourcing with another company indicates that a company can no longer be fully in control
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