LibGuides: CT-7200: Week 4 Resources

Week 4 Resources

Deep Learning is Doable
McTighe, J., Silver, H., & Perini, M. (2020). Deep learning is doable: Five strategies for supporting deep learning in virtual environments. McTighe, Silver & Perini.
The first three strategies in this article are about big ideas and enduring understandings. The last three strategies are important for online learning, but are relevant to engaging curriculum design for any setting.

Reclaiming Personalized Learning by Paul Emerich France
ISBN: 9781544360669
Publication Date: 2019-10-22
France, P. E. (2020). Reclaiming personalized learning: A pedagogy for restoring equity and humanity in our classrooms.
Read Chapter 7: Designing Curriculum with a Flexible Frame (pp. 121-144). This chapter explains the role of standards as an educational structure for ensuring a scope and sequence that is scalable. The chapter provides examples of how to use this structure, while still personalizing learning for students.

The Fundamentals of Backward Planning
The fundamentals of backward planning. (2019). Educational Leadership, 77(1), 56–57.
This brief article summarizes backward planning.

Unpacking Your Learning Targets by Sean McWherter
ISBN: 9780367465940
Publication Date: 2020-09-30
McWherter, S. (2021). Unpacking your learning targets: Aligning student learning to standards. Routledge.
Read Chapter 3: What is a Learning Target (pp. 15-22), Chapter 10: With Higher Order Thinking in Mind (pp. 61 – 72), and Chapter 11: Assess your Learning Targets (pp. 100-108). You may want to read this entire book as it is a valuable resource for understanding how to use learning targets and why it is important. For this week, read these three short chapters.