Grant Wiggins - Understanding by Design (2 of 2) 

I loved the ending - such a good perspective for the reason we are teaching/coaching in the first place. Beautiful, thank you! :) Llyane Stanfield

I am happy to know that the textbook is only a point of reference when learning about a particular thing. It can serves as a guide toward the long term goal one is attempting to transfer. I am big in small group collaboration, it very important in a sharing of knowledge.

I specifically like the section that focused on backward planning. It is vital for teachers to have the end goal in mind when planning lessons. If we have the end goal in mind, it makes it easier to set short term goals and achieve those goals efficiently. We also have to make sure those goals aren't general, but composed of both material that is mandated and material that will benefit students as they continue their education.

When I was chair/member of college mathematics textbook committees, I learned so much of what you share about the math textbooks... Thanks for this presentation!

The idea of using the student's own schema and their own interests to make concepts accessible to them is brilliant. If we give them a reason to be interested in the lessons, I believe that they will be more engaged.

Thank you for walking me through this process!

I wish this had been a presentation given to a few of my high school teachers back in the day. There was so much "learn it because it's on the test". Well, surprise, surprise, that's not the best motivator.

I am about to designs an online course and desperately in need of such valuable information. thank you sir.

This method of finding a way to engage all students in the lesson was fantastic to watch! I found myself nodding to his explanations because the harsh reality is that (some) teachers don't try their best to make sure the understanding of the context is actually happening. This model of the "fair" question is a great tool to serve as an example for future and current educators. As he mentioned, the textbook is not the course and yet there are so many classrooms that do not stray away from them.This is great way to begin backing away and not being so dependent and actually making sure that the learning is happening and not just memorizing.

More like these would be awesome!

Thank you for these two videos! They are engaging and inspiring!

What was the apple announcement webinar Dr. Wiggins referred to anyone?? Thank you in advance!

Dear Avenues The World School, I do appreciate your contribution with this wonderfulGRant Wiggins presentatio, The other day a fellow Math teacher asked me to give some translation to the Math segment, I did it and now I am planning to upload it. I have referenced it acknowledging such contribution to education. I hope you don't mind. Thank you!

By engaging students into higher level of critical thinking through design by question-based cirricula. It helps the student better grasp material being presented instead of straight from textbooks. Prompting actual, engaged learning and not just a superficial approach to education. -Amanda Dickenson

0:43 What is the Apple announcement he is referring to, about textbooks?

Brilliant presentation. Thank you so much!

Does anyone have The UbD Advanced Guide in pdf (the green book)?

I am a former large animal veterinarian that failed at retirement and started teaching 2 years ago. This UbD came at exactly the perfect time. I kept trying to discover how to apply the successful teaching processes I utilized each day with dairy farmers to my classroom students. Thanks Dr. Wiggins. I have no idea why, but as I was listening to you the urge to drink a beer was ever present within my thoughts.

Excellent!

"what a textbook to be until the apple announcement" which he said it was cool, but, what it means? what he means with that textbook? anyone would like to help me?

Total G.

11:00 Very good question that was answered very poorly. The bottom line is, you will never be able to teach differential equations by discussing ANY topic. If this approach were applied to all of math, math performance would go down.

If they paid teachers more and didnt punish them for how their students are performing when the structures to make them succeed are not there, then mayyyybe they would be able to feel free enough to make their lessons super interesting.

You cannot teach history backwards. That is how you end up with a poor understanding of history that focuses on making value judgements and not analysis of events. You can demonstrate how events that occurred in the past have direct implications for events in the present, but you cannot achieve a valid understanding of a historical event by beginning with the conclusion. The Lost Cause theory that developed in the South after the Civil War is an excellent example of the results of beginning with the conclusion of a historical event.

I wish the educator would be more thoughtful in the examples he uses. Having American students design a government for Iraq is extremely problematic, endorsing a sense of imperialist entitlement. Yes, I know they were just examples but they shouldn't be normalized in a demonstration like this.

The Puritans pretty much invented America when it comes to societal values, work ethic, representative/local government, and economics. This guy died like Columbus, not knowing the damage he’s done because of ego.

I am having the displeasure of learning about this trite for the next fourteen weeks to fulfill my M.Ed. After wasting tens of thousands of dollars on a useless master degree in education, I have come to the conclusion that public schools are hindering the development of young Americans. Parents, take your children out of these prerequisites to prison, and home school your children with qualified tutors. Public school teachers are only concerned with maintaining their employment, upward mobility, and higher wages; in other words, student learning is the least of their concern.

Just checking in to make sure Grant Wiggins is still dead and not scamming school administrators into paying for his grift.