Understanding by Design - Chapter 1

In my personal opinion, the most interesting part of this chapter is when the author talks about the Stages of Backward Design. In this part we, as future teachers, are going to orientate our lessons in order to achieve the proses of learning in an optimal way.

 The main focus of this chapter is very useful to our practice as teachers. I think that is important to think and answer first some questions that are important before to plan a lesson. It is completely necessary to ask ourselves about the contents that we are giving to our students and how are we going to give to them. The message has to be clear and understandable. It is important also has a result of the contents, and check the learning in students. With that information we are going to be able to evaluate our work. We are going to know if we are doing things right and we are going to be able to correct what we are doing wrong.

It is very important at the time to plan a lesson to put the student as the main character in our classes. This is going to help us to aim our classes in the principal objective of the curriculum and a class that is the student and spread knowledge properly.