“…good design and good teaching are dependent on clear
purposes.”
–Wiggins and
McTighe, 1998, 159
I
appreciate this quote for the simplistic way it is presented. When the learning
outcomes are specific, relevant and clear in purpose, the designing, teaching
and assessing should come easily having both direction and focus. When
the teacher keeps the learning outcomes in mind, the teacher is better able to
design lessons with appropriate content that relates directly back to the
objectives and learning outcomes. The
teacher can then use creative instructional strategies to engage the students
while promoting participation, learning and productivity within the classroom. These strategies should fit well with the learning outcomes and design of the lesson.
As Julia described in class,
there needs to be a marriage of instruction and assessment. To take this a bit further, I feel that with this marriage, there must be a
commitment to the learning outcomes.
When the teacher considers all three of these elements together (instruction, assessment, and learning outcomes), success
in designing and teaching will occur with purpose.
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