Backward design

Backward design Career Stage - Proficient Main Focus area - 1.2 Secondary Focus area - 5.1 School - Dominic College (Primary) A grade 4 teacher attempts to find the right balance between allowing her students to follow their own interests in the learning process and in actively directing learning to ensure that learning goals are met within the prescribed time. She describes her approach to planning a unit on 'Forces' in Physical sciences using 'backward design'. Professional learning that she attended with teachers from other Catholic schools in Hobart shaped her approach. In using this learning theory as an aid to lesson planning, she found that she could manage the learning more effectively, and that her students achieved the anticipated learning goals. https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/backward-design-illustration-of-practice