Learning Outcomes: Curriculum Infusion - Backwards Design
Release Date:
This course will be available for subscription by mid 2010.
Who should complete this course?
The expected audience for this course is teachers who are working towards infusing the Habits of Mind into their curriculum design process in a deep and sustainable way.
Additionally there is significant support material for professional developers wishing to use this course in their schools.
This course is particularly supportive when taken in conjunction with, or immediately following, face to face professional learning. Click on the post-it note to find professional developers who are certified by the Institute for Habits of Mind. Or look at the Professional Learning Calendar under the Further Learning menu item above.
Prior Learning
Course 3 Curriculum Infusion: Outcomes or equivalent professional learning is required prior learning.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course you will be familiar with:
- The Backward Design Process as described by Wiggins and Mc Tighe
- How to design performance tasks that require mature and appropriate application of the Habits of Mind
- Designing lesson sequences to develop both Habits of Mind and content understanding.
By the end of Course 3 and 4 teachers will be developing complete units of work that apply the Backwards Design Process with an understanding of the Development of the Habits of Mind to produce learning experience for students that enhance both content and Habits of Mind outcomes.
Support Material
Examples of teacher produced units of work are used to illustrate the content throughout the course
Throughout these Courses it is highly recommended that you have a copy of the two most recent books edited by Art Costa and Bena Kallick. These are:
Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind
Habits of Mind Across the Curriculum.
References are made to "Understanding by Design" by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
A private Virtual Classroom is provided for teachers subscribing to this course. It contains directed discussions, and additional support material. There is also the possibility to have a mentored classroom for this course.The Habits of Mind Resource Library contains a wealth of classroom examples, activities and other resources relevant to this course.
The Habits of Mind Resource Library contains a wealth of classroom examples, activities and other resources relevant to this course.
